Providers' perceived barriers to sexually transmitted disease care in 2 large health maintenance organizations

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 184-189

  Mark, Hayley ^a   Irwin, Kathleen ^b,g   Sternberg, Maya ^b   Anderson, Lynda ^b   Magid, David ^c,d,e   Stiffman, Michael ^f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f HEALTHPARTNERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^g WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 38549167900     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31815a9f7e     Document Type: Article

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