How you ask really matters: Randomised comparison of four sexual behaviour questionnaire delivery modes in Zimbabwean youth

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 165-173

  Langhaug, Lisa F ^a   Cheung, Yin Bun ^b,c   Pascoe, Sophie J S ^b   Chirawu, Petronella ^d   Woelk, Godfrey ^d   Hayes, Richard J ^b   Cowan, Frances M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

^c Clinical Trials and Epidemiology Research Unit   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUDIO COMPUTER ASSISTED SURVEY INSTRUMENT; AUDIO RECORDING; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; FACE TO FACE INTERVIEW; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; INFORMAL CONFIDENTIAL VOTING INTERVIEW; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; RELIABILITY; SELF ADMINISTERED QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; VALIDITY; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 79952104773     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2009.037374     Document Type: Article

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