The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of behavioural interventions for the prevention of sexually transmitted infections in young people aged 13-19: A systematic review and economic evaluation

Health Technology Assessment

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1-230

  Shepherd, J ^a   Kavanagh, J ^b   Picot, J ^a   Cooper, K ^a   Harden, A ^b   Barnett Page, E ^b   Jones, J ^a   Clegg, A ^a   Hartwell, D ^a   Frampton, G K ^a   Price, A ^c  

^a Southampton Health Technology Assessments Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONDOM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERVENTION STUDY; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SAFE SEX; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL STATUS; SYPHILIS; WART VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SAFE SEX; SCHOOLS; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950664712     PISSN: 13665278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3310/hta14070     Document Type: Review

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