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Main Authors: Wu, Haoyang, Wu, Zhaoxing, Mathenjwa, Thulile, Okango, Elphas, Tram, Khai Hoan, Otto, Margot, Inghels, Maxime, Mee, Paul, Cuadros, Diego, Kim, Hae-Young, Barnighausen, Till, Tanser, Frank, Dobra, Adrian
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.11159
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author Wu, Haoyang
Wu, Zhaoxing
Mathenjwa, Thulile
Okango, Elphas
Tram, Khai Hoan
Otto, Margot
Inghels, Maxime
Mee, Paul
Cuadros, Diego
Kim, Hae-Young
Barnighausen, Till
Tanser, Frank
Dobra, Adrian
author_facet Wu, Haoyang
Wu, Zhaoxing
Mathenjwa, Thulile
Okango, Elphas
Tram, Khai Hoan
Otto, Margot
Inghels, Maxime
Mee, Paul
Cuadros, Diego
Kim, Hae-Young
Barnighausen, Till
Tanser, Frank
Dobra, Adrian
contents We present a comprehensive statistical methodological framework for estimating contextual exposure to HIV that includes local (grid-cell level) estimation of HIV prevalence and human activity space estimation based on GPS data. The development of our framework was necessary to analyze HIV surveillance and sociodemographic survey data in conjunction with GPS data collected in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, to study the mobility patterns of young people. Based on mobility and contextual exposure measures, we examine whether the sex and age of study participants systematically influence the extent and structure of their mobility patterns. We discuss techniques for investigating how the study participants' contextual exposure to HIV changes as their activity spaces expand beyond residential locations, as well as methods for identifying study participants who may be at increased risk of acquiring HIV. KEYWORDS: Contextual HIV exposure; GPS-based mobility analysis; Activity space; HIV prevalence mapping
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spellingShingle Estimation of Contextual Exposure to HIV from GPS Data
Wu, Haoyang
Wu, Zhaoxing
Mathenjwa, Thulile
Okango, Elphas
Tram, Khai Hoan
Otto, Margot
Inghels, Maxime
Mee, Paul
Cuadros, Diego
Kim, Hae-Young
Barnighausen, Till
Tanser, Frank
Dobra, Adrian
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We present a comprehensive statistical methodological framework for estimating contextual exposure to HIV that includes local (grid-cell level) estimation of HIV prevalence and human activity space estimation based on GPS data. The development of our framework was necessary to analyze HIV surveillance and sociodemographic survey data in conjunction with GPS data collected in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, to study the mobility patterns of young people. Based on mobility and contextual exposure measures, we examine whether the sex and age of study participants systematically influence the extent and structure of their mobility patterns. We discuss techniques for investigating how the study participants' contextual exposure to HIV changes as their activity spaces expand beyond residential locations, as well as methods for identifying study participants who may be at increased risk of acquiring HIV. KEYWORDS: Contextual HIV exposure; GPS-based mobility analysis; Activity space; HIV prevalence mapping
title Estimation of Contextual Exposure to HIV from GPS Data
topic Methodology
Applications
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.11159