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Out of the Ivory Tower, Into the Real World: Examples of Street-Smart Community Health Research
Nov 20, 2008
Bringing Experimental Design to Community-Partnered Participatory Research
Published In: Community-Based Participatory Research for Health: From Process to Outcomes, 2nd ed. / edited by Meredith Minkler, Nina Wallerstein (San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2008), Ch. 4, p. 67-84
Posted on RAND.org on January 01, 2008
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This chapter describes the experience of planning randomized controlled trials within the context of a community-based participatory research collaboration.
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