General practice funding to improve provision of adolescent primary sexual health care in New Zealand: Results from an observational intervention

Sexual Health

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 203-207

  Morgan, Jane ^a   Haar, Jarrod ^b  

^a WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Chlamydia trachomatis; General practice; Intervention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNDING; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68349101118     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH09012     Document Type: Article

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