Effect of providing conditional economic compensation on uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision in Kenya a randomized clinical trial

JAMA

Volumn 312, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 703-711

  Thirumurthy, Harsha ^a,b   Masters, Samuel H ^a   Rao, Samwel ^c   Bronson, Megan A ^b   Lanham, Michele ^d   Omanga, Eunice ^c   Evens, Emily ^d   Agot, Kawango ^c  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^c IMPACT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION   (Kenya)

^d FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; COMPENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EFFECT SIZE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VOLUNTARY MEDICAL MALE CIRCUMCISION;

ADULT; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; DECISION MAKING; FINANCING, PERSONAL; FOOD; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION;

EID: 84906533845     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2014.9087     Document Type: Article

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