Assessment of intervention outcome in the absence of baseline data: 'Reconstruction' of condom use time trends using retrospective analysis of survey data

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 86, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Lowndes, Catherine M ^a,b   Alary, M ^b   Verma, S ^c   Demers, E ^b   Bradley, J ^c   Jayachandran, A A ^c   Ramesh, B M ^d   Moses, S ^e   Adhikary, R ^f   Mainkar, M K ^g  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CHARME India Project   (India)

^d KARNATAKA HEALTH PROMOTION TRUST   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^f FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^g NATIONAL AIDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONDOM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CONDOMS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSTITUTION; SAFE SEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77949953210     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2009.038802     Document Type: Article

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