Chlamydia screening in England: A qualitative study of the narrative behind the policy

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Sheringham, Jessica ^a   Baraitser, Paula ^b,c   Simms, Ian ^b   Hart, Graham ^a   Raine, Rosalind ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; COMMUNITY CARE; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DATA COLLECTION; ENGLAND; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NARRATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SOCIAL FACILITATION;

EID: 84862170840     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-317     Document Type: Article

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