Ethical challenges in cluster randomized controlled trials: experiences from public health interventions in Africa and Asia
Public health interventions usually operate at the level of groups rather than individuals, and cluster randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are one means of evaluating their effectiveness. Using examples from six such trials in Bangladesh, India, Malawi and Nepal, we discuss our experience of the et...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The World Health Organization
2009-10-01
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| Series: | Bulletin of the World Health Organization |
| Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862009001000013&lng=en&tlng=en |