"Pee-in-a-Pot": Acceptability and uptake of on-site chlamydia screening in a student population in the Republic of Ireland

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Vaughan, Deirdre ^a   O'Connell, Emer ^b   Cormican, Martin ^a   Brugha, Ruairi ^c   Faherty, Colette ^d   Balfe, Myles ^c   O'Donovan, Diarmuid ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST; STUDENT ATTITUDE; URINALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; HEALTH SERVICE; INTERVIEW; MASS SCREENING; MICROBIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRELAND; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149344998     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-325     Document Type: Article

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