The case for social marketing in gonorrhoea prevention: Insights from sexual lifestyles in Glasgow genitourinary medicine clinic attendees

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 545-549

  Scoular, Anne ^a,c   Abu Rajab, Kirsty ^b   Winter, Andy ^b   Connell, Judith ^a   Hart, Graham ^a  

^a MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b Sandyford Initiative   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Gonorrhoea; Risk factors; Sexually transmitted diseases; Social environment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL MARKETING; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL MARKETING; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

EID: 49449087767     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2007.007177     Document Type: Article

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