The feasibility of recruiting young men in rural areas from community football clubs for STI screening

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 243-246

  Gold, Judy ^a,b,d   Hocking, Jane ^a,c   Hellard, Margaret ^a,b  

^a MACFARLANE BURNET INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Men; Rural health; Sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIA; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOOTBALL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPORT; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT SELECTION; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCCER; VICTORIA;

EID: 34447527371     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2007.00055.x     Document Type: Article

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