No increase in HIV or sexually transmissible infection testing following a social marketing campaign among men who have sex with men

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 391-396

  Guy, R ^a,b   Goller, J ^a   Leslie, D ^c   Thorpe, R ^d   Grierson, J ^d   Batrouney, C ^e   Kennedy, M ^e   Lewis, J ^a   Fairley, C ^f,g   Ginige, S ^f   Zablotska, I ^h   Hellard, M ^a  

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

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Victorian AIDS Council   (Australia)

^f MELBOURNE SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MARKETING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URINE;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GONORRHEA; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL MARKETING; SYPHILIS; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL MARKETING; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

CHLAMYDIA;

EID: 66149147117     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2008.077099     Document Type: Article

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