Does patient-delivered partner treatment improve disclosure for treatable sexually transmitted diseases?

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 183-188

  Mohammed, Hamish ^a   Leichliter, Jami S ^b   Schmidt, Norine ^c   Farley, Thomas A ^c   Kissinger, Patricia ^c  

^a ROSS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTITRICHOMONAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIAL URETHRITIS; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GONOCOCCAL URETHRITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRICHOMONIASIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ORLEANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; URETHRITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949363484     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2009.0237     Document Type: Article

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