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Biostatistics Seminar: Eva Enns
Sep 23, 2019
03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
College of Public Health Building, C217 CPHB
145 North Riverside Drive, Iowa City, IA 52246
Eva A. Enns, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Division of Health Policy and Management
School of Public Health
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
“Follow the Sex: The Influence of Network Structure on the Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Partner Management Strategies for STI Control”
Abstract: It is well-established that contact network structure strongly influences infectious disease dynamics. However, less well-studied is the impact of network structure on the effectiveness and efficiency of disease control strategies. In this talk, I will present an evaluation of partner management strategies to address a hypothetical bacterial sexually transmitted infection (STI). I will compare the costs, disease outcomes, and cost-effectiveness of three partner management interventions (partner notification, expedited partner therapy, and contact tracing) in populations with the same average behavior, but configured according to different network structures. This case study is one demonstration of how network structure can influence both the effectiveness and efficiency of infectious disease interventions, as well as the interplay between intervention capacity constraints, disease dynamics, and network connectivity patterns.
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