Attitudes to chlamydia screening elicited using the social networking site Facebook for subject recruitment

Sexual Health

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 224-228

  Ahmed, Navera ^a,b   Jayasinghe, Yasmin ^a,b,c   Wark, John D ^b,d   Fenner, Yeshe ^a,d   Moore, Elya E ^e   Tabrizi, Sepehr N ^a,b,d   Fletcher, Ashley ^a,d   Garland, Suzanne M ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; internet; self collected samples; testing; young women.

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; COMFORT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SOCIAL NETWORK; URINALYSIS; WART VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879561265     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: 14498987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH12198     Document Type: Article

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