Sexually transmitted disease testing misconceptions threaten the validity of self-reported testing history

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 117-127

  Royer, Heather R ^a   Falk, Elizabeth C ^b   Heidrich, Susan M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Screening; Sexually transmitted diseases; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STANDARD; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874579742     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/phn.12013     Document Type: Article

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