PLACE References

PLACE Reports

The following reports are the results of using the PLACE method in various countries since 2001.

Burkina Faso

• PLACE in Burkina Faso: Combating AIDS at the District Level.

Jamaica

• PLACE in Jamaica: Monitoring AIDS Prevention at the Parish Level, St. James, 2003.

Kazakhstan

• PLACE in Central Asia: A Regional Strategy to Focus AIDS Prevention in Almaty and Karaganda, Kazakhstan; Osh, Kyrgyzstan; Tashkent, Uzbekistan 2002. (2004)
• Report of PLACE Assessments in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Central Asia 2002 and 2003.
• Report of PLACE Assessments in Karaganda, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, 2002 and 2003.

Kyrgyzstan

• PLACE in Central Asia: A Regional Strategy to Focus AIDS Prevention in Almaty and Karaganda, Kazakhstan; Osh, Kyrgyzstan; Tashkent, Uzbekistan 2002.
• Report of PLACE Assessments in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia 2002 and 2003.

Mexico

• PLACE in Mexico Focusing AIDS Prevention in Border Towns 2001.

Russia

• PLACE in Russia: Identifying Gaps in HIV Prevention in Samara, 2005
• PLACE in Russia:Identifying Gaps in HIV Preventionin Saratov-Engels, 2005
  
• PLACE in Russia: Identifying Gaps in HIV Prevention in St. Petersburg, 2002.

South Africa

• PLACE in South Africa: Evaluation of a Successful Community-Based AIDS Prevention Program, East London, 2000-2003.
• PLACE in South Africa: Monitoring AIDS Prevention in a Township in Cape Town, 1999-2002.
• PLACE in South Africa: Monitoring AIDS Prevention in Two Townships in Port Elizabeth, 2001-2003.
• PLACE: Priorities for Local AIDS Control Efforts: A Pilot Study of the PLACE Method in a Township in Cape Town, South Africa.

Uganda

• PLACE in Uganda: Monitoring AIDS-Prevention Programs in Kampala, Uganda Using the PLACE Method.

Uzbekistan

• PLACE in Central Asia: A Regional Strategy to Focus AIDS Prevention in Almaty and Karaganda, Kazakhstan; Osh, Kyrgyzstan; Tashkent, Uzbekistan 2002.
• Report of PLACE Assessments in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Central Asia, 2002 and 2003.

Zambia

• PLACE in Zambia: Identifying Gaps in HIV Prevention in Mongu, Western Province, 2005
• PLACE in Zambia: Identifying Gaps in HIV Prevention in Kapiri Mposhi, Central Province, 2005
  

Scientific Journal Articles

• Boerma JT, & Weir SS. (2005). Integrating demographic and epidemiologic approaches to research on HIV/AIDS: the proximate-determinants framework. J Infect Dis, 191(Suppl 1):S61-S67.
• Cleland J, Boerma JR, Carael M, & Weir SS. (2004). Monitoring sexual behaviour in general populations: a synthesis of lessons of the past decade. Sex Transm Infect, 80(Suppl II):ii1-ii7.
• Weir S, Tate JE, Zhusupov B, & Boerma JT. (2004). Where the action is: monitoring local trends in sexual behaviour. Sex Transm Infect, 80(Suppl II):ii63-ii68.
• Weir SS, Morroni C, Coetzee N, Spencer J, & Boerma JT. (2002). A pilot study of a rapid assessment method to identify places for AIDS prevention in Cape Town, South Africa. Sex Transm Infect, 78(Suppl I):i106-i113.