Implementation of a stepped-wedge cluster randomized design in routine public health practice: design and application for a tuberculosis (TB) household contact study in a high burden area of Lima, Peru

BACKGROUND: We designed a pragmatic stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial in order to evaluate provider-initiated evaluation of household contacts (HCs) of smear positive tuberculosis (TB) cases within a routine TB program in Lima, Peru. METHODS/DESIGN: National TB program (NTP) officers...

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Autores principales: Shah, Lena, Rojas, Marlene, Mori, Oscar, Zamudio, Carlos, Kaufman, Jay S., Otero, Larissa, Gotuzzo, Eduardo, Seas, Carlos, Brewer, Timothy F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
Materias:
Study Protocol
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4481074/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26109173
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1883-2

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