| Literature DB >> 31665783 |
Stephen Baker1,2, Mohammad Ali3, Jessica Fung Deerin4, Muna Ahmed Eltayeb5, Ligia Maria Cruz Espinoza4, Nagla Gasmelseed5,6, Justin Im4, Ursula Panzner4, Vera V Kalckreuth4, Karen H Keddy7, Gi Deok Pak4, Jin Kyung Park4, Se Eun Park1,4, Arvinda Sooka8, Amy Gassama Sow9,10, Adama Tall9, Stephen Luby11, Christian G Meyer12,13, Florian Marks2,4.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Robust household sampling, commonly applied for population-based investigations, requires sampling frames or household lists to minimize selection bias. We have applied Google Earth Pro satellite imagery to constitute structure-based sampling frames at sites in Pikine, Senegal; Pietermaritzburg, South Africa; and Wad-Medani, Sudan. Here we present our experiences in using this approach and findings from assessing its applicability by determining positional accuracy.Entities:
Keywords: geospatial sampling frame; positional accuracy; satellite imagery; sub-Saharan Africa
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Year: 2019 PMID: 31665783 PMCID: PMC6821174 DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciz755
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Infect Dis ISSN: 1058-4838 Impact factor: 9.079
Baseline Characteristics by Study Site
| Country | Senegal | South Africa | Sudan | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site | Pikine | Pietermaritzburg | Wad-Medani | |||||||||||||
| Study period | September 2012–January 2013 | September–December 2013 | August–September 2013 | |||||||||||||
| Google Earth Pro | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of satellite imagery update(s) | March, June, October, November, December 2012 | March, May, July 2013 | March, September, October 2013 | |||||||||||||
| Date satellite imagery used | June 2012 | July 2013 | March 2013 | |||||||||||||
| Elapsed time between imagery used and study conduct | 2–3 mo | 1–2 mo | 4–5 mo | |||||||||||||
| Setting | Urban to semiurban | Urban to semiurban | Urban to semiurban | |||||||||||||
| Area, km2 | 7.98 | 343.56 | 6.47 | |||||||||||||
| Administrative subunits | 6 | 22 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Population | 342 178 (2012: [ | 361 582 (2011: [ | 48 000 (2012: [ | |||||||||||||
| Population density per km2 | 42 886 | 1052 | 7409 | |||||||||||||
| Population density per km2, by administrative subunit | AdSub | Density | AdSub | Density | AdSub | Density | AdSub | Density | AdSub | Density | AdSub | Density | AdSub | Density | AdSub | Density |
| 1 | 75 999 | 4 | 49 361 | 1 | 1386 | 9 | 445 | 17 | 4292 | 1 | 22 848 | 5 | 2994 | 9 | 2727 | |
| … | … | … | … | 2 | 1070 | 10 | 3634 | 18 | 6875 | … | … | … | … | … | … | |
| … | … | … | … | 3 | 423 | 11 | 662 | 19 | 1960 | 2 | 15 810 | 6 | 12 370 | 10 | 26 293 | |
| 2 | 60 800 | 5 | 28 217 | 4 | 409 | 12 | 2298 | 20 | 6147 | … | … | … | … | … | … | |
| … | … | … | … | 5 | 448 | 13 | 3472 | 21 | 4823 | 3 | 81 370 | 7 | 11 425 | … | … | |
| … | … | … | … | 6 | 670 | 14 | 1203 | 22 | 2246 | … | … | … | … | … | … | |
| 3 | 18 000 | 6 | 44 081 | 7 | 536 | 15 | 4607 | … | … | 4 | 10 218 | 8 | 1911 | … | … | |
| … | … | … | … | 8 | 677 | 16 | 6049 | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | |
| No. of enumerated structures | 45 510 | 100 439 | 32 905 | |||||||||||||
| Structure density per km2 | 5829 | 292 | 5086 | |||||||||||||
| Structure density per km2, by administrative subunit | AdSub | Density | AdSub | Density | AdSub | Density | AdSub | Density | AdSub | Density | AdSub | Density | AdSub | Density | AdSub | Density |
| 1 | 2087 | 4 | 5675 | 1 | 385 | 9 | 124 | 17 | 1192 | 1 | 2195 | 5 | 3183 | 9 | 9096 | |
| … | … | … | … | 2 | 297 | 10 | 1009 | 18 | 1910 | … | … | … | … | … | … | |
| … | … | … | … | 3 | 117 | 11 | 184 | 19 | 544 | 2 | 4409 | 6 | 998 | 10 | 8158 | |
| 2 | 3207 | 5 | 5197 | 4 | 114 | 12 | 638 | 20 | 1708 | … | … | … | … | … | … | |
| … | … | … | … | 5 | 125 | 13 | 964 | 21 | 1340 | 3 | 3833 | 7 | 4707 | … | … | |
| … | … | … | … | 6 | 186 | 14 | 334 | 22 | 624 | … | … | … | … | … | … | |
| 3 | 2406 | 6 | 11 591 | 7 | 149 | 15 | 1280 | … | … | 4 | 2096 | 8 | 6072 | … | … | |
| … | … | … | … | 8 | 188 | 16 | 1680 | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … |
Abbreviation: AdSub, administrative subunit.
Figure 1.Sampling frame of the study area and the administrative subunits (AdSubs) in Pikine, Senegal. Different colors depict the structures belonging to each AdSub. Illustration top left: enlarged illustration of enumerated structures for subunits 2, 3, and 6 (blue highlighted rectangle in main figure).
Figure 2.Weighted-stratified random sampling of structures in Pikine, Senegal. 1Selected structures (N0) as per sample size calculation for the total survey area and each administrative subunit (AdSub) (flagged black) and replacement structures for the total survey area and each AdSub (flagged white). 2Selected structures (N0) for the total survey area and each AdSub (flagged black). 3Replacement structures for the total survey area and each AdSub (flagged white). 4Identifiers (6–250, 6–304, 6–311) and the geographic coordinates (6–250: N14°44.702′/ W17°23.408′; 6–304: N14°44.632′/W17°23.284′; 6–311: N14°44.708′/W17°23.289′) obtained from Google Earth Pro.
Figure 3.Normalized distances by administrative subunit (AdSub) in Pikine (Senegal), Pietermaritzburg (South Africa), and Wad-Medani (Sudan). Each individual box plot shows the range of normalized distances indicated as vertical line; bottom whisker (minimum normalized distance to first quartile; non-outlier), first quartile (25% of normalized distances/25th percentile), second quartile or median (50% of normalized distances/50th percentile), third quartile (75% of normalized distances/75th percentile), top whisker (third quartile to maximum normalized distance; non-outlier), and outliers plotted as circles. Senegal: The root mean square error (RMSE) of normalized distances by AdSub was 0.04, 0.06, 0.06, 0.06, 0.07, and 0.13 (ascending order). South Africa: The RMSE of normalized distances by AdSub was 0.32, 0.21, 0.40, 0.63, 0.29, 0.25, 0.32, 0.16, 0.32, 0.98, 0.56, 0.69, 0.28, 0.35, 0.38, 0.22, 0.10, 0.41, 0.35, 0.22, 0.54, and 0.31 (ascending order). Sudan: The RMSE of normalized distances by AdSub was 0.08, 0.11, 0.22, 0.10, 0.06, 0.43, 0.11, 0.06, 0.07, and 0.09 (ascending order).
Figure 4.Normalized distances (meters) categorized into quintiles and graded accordingly by administrative subunit (AdSub) of each site. Each bar shows the frequency of normalized distances categorized into quintiles by AdSub and graded correspondingly as very good (lowest quintile), good, fair, poor, and very poor (highest quintile). Senegal: very good, 19.4%; good, 33.6%; fair, 36.8%; poor, 7.3%; and very poor, 2.9%. South Africa: very good, 20.4%; good, 14.6%; fair, 12.9%; poor, 22.2%; and very poor, 29.9%. Sudan: very good, 28.3%; good, 16.1%; fair, 27.7%; poor, 25.0%; and very poor, 2.9%.