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most citedTwo-Stage TMLE to Reduce Bias and Improve Efficiency in Cluster Randomized Trials

44 citations · 46 across the 5 of their papers we have counts for

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6 papers

stat.ME2025

A causal framework for evaluating the total effect of strategies aiming to expand screening and to improve outcomes

Joy Zora Nakato, Janice Litunya, Brian Beesiga +5

For many health conditions, there are highly efficacious treatment and prevention products. Maximizing their impact requires strategies that improve the reach of health screening i…

stat.ME2024

Causal Inference in Randomized Trials with Partial Clustering

Joshua Nugent, Elijah Kakande, Gabriel Chamie +5

Clustering and dependence are common in trials. For example, in some cluster randomized trials (CRTs), pre-existing clusters are enrolled, randomized, and serve as the basis of int…

stat.AP2022

Statistical Analysis Plan for the Drinkers' Intervention to Prevent Tuberculosis (DIPT Study)

Sara Lodi, Gabriel Chamie, Judith Hahn

The Drinkers' Intervention to Prevent TB (DIPT) is a randomized controlled trial designed to determine if incentive-based approaches can reduce alcohol use and improve medication a…

stat.AP2021

Statistical Analysis Plan for Health Outcomes in Phase 1 of the SEARCH-IPT Study

Laura B. Balzer, Joshua Nugent, Diane V. Havlir +1

This document provides the statistical analytic plan (SAP) for evaluating health outcomes in Phase 1 of the SEARCH-IPT Study, a cluster randomized trial to evaluate whether a multi…

stat.ME2021★ 44 cited

Two-Stage TMLE to Reduce Bias and Improve Efficiency in Cluster Randomized Trials

Laura B. Balzer, Mark van der Laan, James Ayieko +5

Cluster randomized trials (CRTs) randomly assign an intervention to groups of individuals (e.g., clinics or communities) and measure outcomes on individuals in those groups. While…

stat.AP2019★ 2 cited

Semi-Supervised Record Linkage for Construction of Large-Scale Sociocentric Networks in Resource-limited Settings: An application to the SEARCH Study in Rural Uganda and Kenya

Yiqun Chen, Wenjing Zheng, Lillian B. Brown +13

This paper presents a novel semi-supervised algorithmic approach to creating large scale sociocentric networks in rural East Africa. We describe the construction of 32 large-scale…