The Men's Safer Sex (MeNSS) trial: Protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial of an interactive digital intervention to increase condom use in men

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Bailey, Julia V ^a   Webster, Rosie ^a   Hunter, Rachael ^a   Freemantle, Nick ^a   Rait, Greta ^a   Michie, Susan ^a   Estcourt, Claudia ^b   Anderson, Jane ^c   Gerressu, Makeda ^a   Stephenson, Judith ^a   Ang, Chee Siang ^d   Hart, Graham ^a   Dhanjal, Sacha ^a   Murray, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONDOM USE; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNPROTECTED SEX; COMPUTER; CONDOM; E-MAIL; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; METHODOLOGY; MOBILE PHONE; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; SAFE SEX; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELL PHONES; COMPUTERS; CONDOMS; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MEN; PILOT PROJECTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAFE SEX; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84923675597     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007552     Document Type: Article

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