@article{fdi:010077313, title = {{T}he {N}iakhar {S}ocial {N}etworks and {H}ealth {P}roject}, author = {{D}elaunay, {V}al{\'e}rie and {D}ouillot, {L}. and {R}ytina, {S}. and {B}oujija, {Y}. and {B}ignami, {S}. and {G}ning, {S}. {B}. and {S}okhna, {C}heikh and {B}elaid, {L}. and {F}otouhi, {B}. and {S}enghor, {A}. and {S}andberg, {J}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{T}his paper presents details of the design and implementation of the {N}iakhar {S}ocial {N}etworks and {H}ealth {P}roject ({NSNHP}), a large, mixed-methods project funded by the {U}.{S}. {N}ational {I}nstitute of {G}eneral {M}edical {S}ciences ({NIGMS}). {B}y redressing fundamental problems in conventional survey network data collection methods, the project is aimed at improving inferences concerning the association between social network structures and processes and health behaviors and outcomes. {F}ielded in collaboration with an ongoing demographic and health surveillance system in rural {S}enegal, the {NSNHP} includes qualitative data concerning the dimensions of social association and health ideologies and behaviors in the study zone, two panels of a new social network survey, and several supplementary and affiliated data sets. {L}ongitudinal social network survey linked to pre-existing surveillance data {A}ddresses fundamental methodological constraints in previous social network data {E}nables social network analyses of health beliefs, behaviors, and outcomes}, keywords = {{S}ocial networks ; {D}emography ; {P}ublic health ; {S}urvey methodology ; {SENEGAL} ; {NIAKHAR}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{M}ethods{X}}, volume = {6}, numero = {}, pages = {1360--1369}, year = {2019}, DOI = {10.1016/j.mex.2019.05.037}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010077313}, }