Where inconsistencies or gaps emerged, these were addressed by an immediate follow-up visit to the study outlet.
In the intervention areas of both districts, 80 study outlets were randomly sampled from a list of all trained outlets.
The SCS was conducted first, during which field workers visited study outlets in both the control and intervention areas and requested an anti-malarial medicine for a child.
It doesn't matter which study, news outlet, fact-checker, or university tells us that we're making progress - studies are doctored, news outlets are corrupted, fact-checkers don't check facts, and universities foster political correctness.
In our study, an outlet valve is used to maintain the pressure in the pressure vessel.
Whereas other studies allowed outlets substantial flexibility in implementing strategies, [ 35- 41] our approach emphasized and formalized (through a signed agreement with the managers) which activities the outlet would try to implement to cover the three WES strategies (promotion, availability, and point of purchase [POP]).
Study the outlet and connect the wires to the terminals either by pushing them into the terminals or bending them around a screw and tightening the screw.
For this study, such outlets were, to the extent possible, included as 'private sector' (see File S1).
In one peri-urban area where there were a large number of providers and logistic constraints restricted the numbers that could be included in the MC study, 16 outlets were selected from the surveyor's list using a random number generator.
This has been the practice, to date, of most neighborhood studies examining alcohol outlet density.
