Interactive voice response versus computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) surveys and sensitive questions: The 2005 National Alcohol Survey

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 580-588

  Midanik, Lorraine T ^a,b   Greenfield, Thomas K ^a,c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CHILD ABUSE; CONDOM; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; TELEPHONE; ADOLESCENT; AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; BISEXUALITY; CONDOMS; CONFIDENTIALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASS SCREENING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SPEECH RECOGNITION SOFTWARE; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 52049093936     PISSN: 19371888     EISSN: 19384114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2008.69.580     Document Type: Article

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