condoms_msm: Condom Use Module

In statnet/EpiModelHIVmsm: Network-Based Epidemic Modeling of HIV Transmission among MSM and Heterosexual Populations

Description

Module function stochastically simulates potential condom use for each act on the discordant edgelist.

Usage

condoms_msm(dat, at)

Arguments

dat	Master data list object of class dat containing networks, individual-level attributes, and summary statistics.
at	Current time step.

Details

For each act on the discordant edgelist, condom use is stochastically simulated based on the partnership type and racial combination of the dyad. Other modifiers for the probability of condom use in that pair are diagnosis of disease, and full or partial HIV viral suppression given HIV anti-retroviral therapy.

Value

Updates the discordant edgelist with a uai variable indicating whether condoms were used in that act.

statnet/EpiModelHIVmsm documentation built on Aug. 28, 2020, 11:07 p.m.