STDs aren't sexy: Health professionals' lack of adherence to clinical guidelines in an area of high STD endemicity

Journal of Public Health Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 540-545

  Mak, D B ^a   Holman, C D'Arcy J ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adherence; Clinical guidelines; Evaluation; STD

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; WORKSHOP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0034515506     PISSN: 09574832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/22.4.540     Document Type: Article

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