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SUMMARY:Describing the HIV cascade of care using routine clinic and survei
 llance databases: methodological challenges - Caroline Sabin\, Professor o
 f Medical Statistics and Epidemiology\, UCL Institute of Epidemiology and 
 Healthcare
DTSTART:20161202T130000Z
DTEND:20161202T140000Z
UID:TALK65770@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Lucy Lloyd
DESCRIPTION:Since Gardner and colleagues first described the steps that ma
 ke up the continuum of HIV care in 2011\, the so-called ‘Cascade of Care
 ’ (CoC) has been reported from many different settings and patient group
 s. Although the CoC is a relatively simple concept\, estimation of the num
 bers of people living with HIV at each step of the cascade is not always s
 traightforward and methodological approaches frequently differ\, with litt
 le consensus on an optimal approach.  Thus\, comparisons of the CoC from d
 ifferent settings/population groups are likely to be biased.  This talk wi
 ll describe some of the methodological difficulties that are encountered w
 hen applying the CoC to routinely collected data\, with a particular focus
  on the measures used to assess retention-in-care (RIC). The talk will be 
 illustrated using data from the UK Collaborative HIV Cohort (UK CHIC).\n\n
 Chaired by Dr Daniela De Angelis.
LOCATION:Large Seminar Room\, 1st Floor\, Institute of Public Health\, Uni
 versity Forvie Site\, Robinson Way\, Cambridge
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