Strategies to retain participants in a long-term HIV prevention randomized controlled trial: Lessons from the MINTS-II study

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 469-479

  Horvath, Keith J ^a   Nygaard, Kate ^a   Danilenko, Gene P ^a   Goknur, Sinan ^a   Oakes, J Michael ^a   Simon Rosser, B R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet; Men who have sex with men; Randomized controlled trial; Retention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; E-MAIL; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; ELECTRONIC MAIL; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 84859727089     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-011-9957-3     Document Type: Article

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