A systematic review of randomised controlled trials of interventions promoting effective condom use

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 100-110

  Free, Caroline ^a   Roberts, Ian G ^a   Abramsky, Tanya ^a   Fitzgerald, Molly ^a   Wensley, Frances ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDOM USE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH RISK; LITERATURE REVIEW; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CONDOM; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LITERATURE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGISTER; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNSAFE SEX; UNWANTED PREGNANCY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CONDOMS; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; PUBLICATION BIAS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 78651270981     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2008.085456     Document Type: Review

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