When free condoms and spermicide are not enough: Barriers and solutions to participant recruitment to community-based trials

Controlled Clinical Trials

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 388-399

  Gabbay, Mark ^a   Thomas, Joanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Condoms; Family planning; Participant opinions; Participant survey; Primary care; RCT; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

LUBRICATING AGENT; SPERMICIDAL AGENT;

ADVERTIZING; BUDGET; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; DECISION MAKING; E-MAIL; FAMILY PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTIMACY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIVACY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 3543035800     PISSN: 01972456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2004.06.004     Document Type: Article

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