Randomized controlled trial on the effectiveness of counseling messages for avoiding unprotected sexual intercourse during sexually transmitted infection and reproductive tract infection treatment among female sexually transmitted infection clinic patients

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 105-110

  Anderson, Clive ^a   Gallo, Maria F ^b   Hylton Kong, Tina ^a   Steiner, Markus J ^c   Hobbs, Marcia M ^d   MacAluso, Maurizio ^a,e   Figueroa, J Peter ^f   Jamieson, Denise J ^b   Legardy Williams, Jennifer ^b   Wiener, Jeffrey ^b   Lee, Warner ^b  

^a Ministry of Health   (Jamaica)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^c Clinical Sciences Division   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL COUNSELING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNSAFE SEX;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COITUS; CONDOMS; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAMAICA; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEMEN; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSAFE SEX; VAGINA; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 84872965783     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31827938a1     Document Type: Article

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