| Description |
xv, 232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Oxford medical publications |
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Oxford medical publications.
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Contributors xi -- Abbreviations xiv -- -- Section 1 To experiment or not? -- -- 1 Sexual health interventions should be subject to experimental -- evaluation 3 -- Chris Bonell, Rebecca Bennett, and Ann Oakley -- -- 2 Sexual health interventions are unsuitable for experimental -- evaluation 17 -- Susan Kippax -- -- 3 The role of randomized controlled trials in assessing sexual health -- interventions 35 -- David A. Ross and Daniel Wight -- -- Section 2 Methodological issues in the experimental -- evaluation of sexual health interventions -- -- 4 Using theories of behaviour change to develop and evaluate sexual -- health interventions 51 -- Stephen Sutton -- -- 5 Stages in the development and evaluation of complex -- interventions 67 -- Irwin Nazareth -- -- 6 Choice of experimental design 81 -- Sheila Bird -- -- 7 Cluster randomized trials of sexual health interventions 95 -- Richard Hayes -- -- 8 Biological, behavioural and psychological outcome measures 111 -- Frances M. Cowan and Mary Plummer -- -- -- -- 9 Developing and validating complex behavioural outcome -- measures 137 -- Rochelle N. Shain, Sondra Perdue, Jeanna M. Piper, Alan E.C. Holden, -- Jane Champion, and Edward R. Newton -- -- 10 Unpacking the 'black box': the importance of process data to -- explain outcomes 151 -- Daniel Wight and Angela Obasi -- -- Section 3 What happens after a trial is completed? -- -- 11 Generalizability of trials and implementation of research into -- practice 169 -- Heiner Grosskurth and Lilani Kumaranayake -- -- 12 The limits of generalizability: community-based sexual health -- interventions among gay men 191 -- Graham Hart and Jonathan Elford -- -- 13 The value of systematic reviews of the effectiveness of sexual -- health interventions 201 -- Jonathan Shepherd and Angela Harden -- -- 14 Challenges for future sexual health intervention trials 217 -- Judith Stephenson -- -- Glossary 223 -- Index 227 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Clinical trials -- Methodology.
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Sexually transmitted diseases -- Prevention.
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Sex instruction.
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Sexual health.
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Reproductive health.
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Sexology.
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Clinical Trials as Topic -- methods.
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Evaluation Studies as Topic.
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Sexual Behavior.
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases -- prevention & control.
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Sex Education -- methods.
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| Genre/Form |
Evaluation Studies.
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| Author |
Bonell, Chris.
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Imrie, John, 1960-
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Stephenson, Judith M.
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| LC no. |
2002030771 |
| ISBN |
0198508492 : |
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