Acceptability and intention to seek medical care after hypothetical receipt of patient-delivered partner therapy or electronic partner notification postcards among men who have sex with men: The Partner's perspective

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 179-185

  Kerani, Roxanne Pieper ^a,b   Fleming, Mark ^a   Golden, Matthew Robert ^a,b  

^a Public Health Seattle King County   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; E-MAIL; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HIV TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHARYNGITIS; PROCTITIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SORE THROAT; SYPHILIS; TEXT MESSAGING;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTACT TRACING; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHARYNGITIS; PROCTITIS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 84872966627     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31827adc06     Document Type: Article

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