Point-of-Care Testing for Sexually Transmitted Infections Increases Awareness and Short-Term Abstinence in Adolescent Women

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 270-277

  Reed, Jennifer L ^a   Simendinger, Lauren ^b   Griffeth, Sarah ^a   Kim, Hye Grace ^a   Huppert, Jill S ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstinence; Adolescents; Point of care; STI; Trichomoniasis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TELECONSULTATION; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76349109689     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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