TY - GEN digital ID - 131864625 TI - Methods in Epidemiology : Population Size Estimation PY - 2021 SN - 9783030754648 9783030754655 9783030754662 9783030754631 PB - Cham Springer International Publishing DB - UniCat KW - Epidemiology KW - epidemiologie UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:131864625 AB - This book describes the variety of direct and indirect population size estimation (PSE) methods available along with their strengths and weaknesses. Direct estimation methods, such as enumeration and mapping, involve contact with members of hard-to-reach groups. Indirect methods have practical appeal because they require no contact with members of hard-to-reach groups. One indirect method in particular, network scale-up (NSU), has several strengths over other PSE methods: It can be applied at a province/country level, it can estimate size of several hard-to-reach population in a single study, and it is implemented with members of the general population rather than members of hard-to-reach groups. The book discusses methods to collect, analyze, and adjust results and presents methods to triangulate and finalize PSEs. ER -