Recruitment and consent of women with intellectual disabilities in a randomised control trial of a health promotion intervention

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 474-483

  Swaine, J ^a   Parish, S L ^a,b   Luken, K ^a   Atkins, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Carolina Behavioral Care   (United States)

Author keywords

Health research; Randomised controlled trial; Recruiting procedures; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 79952806390     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2011.01399.x     Document Type: Article

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