2020
Estimates of people who injected drugs within the last 12 months in Belgium based on a capture-recapture and multiplier method
Plettinckx E, Crawford FW, Antoine J, Gremeaux L, Van Baelen L. Estimates of people who injected drugs within the last 12 months in Belgium based on a capture-recapture and multiplier method. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2020, 219: 108436. PMID: 33310486, PMCID: PMC7856246, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108436.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNew HCV infectionsNumber of PWIDProportion of PWIDLiver-related mortalityEstimates of peopleHarm reduction service providersHCV infectionTreatment registersPWIDNational estimatesCapture-recapture methodologyBaseline dataDrugsNumber of peopleMonthsTotal populationReliable baseline dataSterile needleTotal numberPopulationYearsInfectionMortality
2017
Using data from respondent-driven sampling studies to estimate the number of people who inject drugs: Application to the Kohtla-Järve region of Estonia
Wu J, Crawford FW, Raag M, Heimer R, Uusküla A. Using data from respondent-driven sampling studies to estimate the number of people who inject drugs: Application to the Kohtla-Järve region of Estonia. PLOS ONE 2017, 12: e0185711. PMID: 29095866, PMCID: PMC5667832, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185711.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV risk groupRespondent-driven sampling studyRisk groupsEffective public health intervention programsPublic health intervention programsStatistical approachKey risk populationsHealth intervention programsPopulation size estimationPractical assumptionsNumber of peopleRisk populationsSuccessive samplingIntervention programsSize estimationDrugsEstimatesSampling studyGroup