Statistical design and analysis plan for an impact evaluation of an HIV treatment and prevention intervention for female sex workers in Zimbabwe: A study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Hargreaves, James R ^a   Fearon, Elizabeth ^a   Davey, Calum ^a   Phillips, Andrew ^b   Cambiano, Valentina ^b   Cowan, Frances M ^b,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR SEXUAL HEALTH AND HIV AIDS RESEARCH   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Cluster randomised control trial; Effectiveness; Hidden populations; HIV AIDS; Pragmatic trials; Respondent driven sampling; Sex workers

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN TISSUE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION; PROSTITUTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGISTER; SAMPLING; SOCIAL NETWORK; STATISTICS; VIRUS LOAD; ZIMBABWE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HIV INFECTIONS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX WORKER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX WORKERS; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84952802326     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-015-1095-1     Document Type: Article

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