Monitoring inequalities in the National Chlamydia Screening Programme in England: Added value of ACORN, a commercial geodemographic classification tool

Sexual Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-62

  Sheringham, Jessica ^a   Sowden, Sarah ^a   Stafford, Mai ^a   Simms, Ian ^b   Raine, Rosalind ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demographics; Health status disparities; Mass screening; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATE MEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61649116434     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH08036     Document Type: Article

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