"It has to speak to people's everyday life...": Qualitative study of men and women's willingness to participate in a non-medical approach to Chlamydia trachomatis screening

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 201-205

  Lorimer, Karen ^a,c   Reid, M E ^a   Hart, G J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHAME; STIGMA; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCOTLAND; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66449133935     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2008.031138     Document Type: Article

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