Rapid point-of-care tests for HIV and sexually transmissible infection control in remote Australia: Can they improve Aboriginal people's and Torres Strait Islanders' health?

Sexual Health

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 109-112

  Ward, James ^a   Guy, Rebecca ^a   Huang, Rae Lin ^b   Knox, Janet ^a   Couzos, Sophie ^c,d   Scrimgeour, David ^e   Moore, Liz ^f   Leahy, Tim ^g   Hunt, Jenny ^h   Donovan, Basil ^a   Kaldor, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Nganampa Health Council   (Australia)

^c The National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organization   (Australia)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Aboriginal Health Council of South Australia   (Australia)

^f Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^h Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFERTILITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TRICHOMONIASIS;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HEALTH STATUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; QUEENSLAND; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84859932567     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: 14498987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH11051     Document Type: Review

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