Increasing access by priority populations to australian sexual health clinics

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 819-821

  Ali, Hammad ^a   Donovan, Basil ^a,b   Fairley, Christopher K ^c,d   Chen, Marcus Y ^c,d   O'connor, Catherine C ^a,e,f   Grulich, Andrew E ^a   McNulty, Anna ^b   Ryder, Nathan ^g   Hellard, Margaret E ^h   Guy, Rebecca J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MELBOURNE SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^g Clinic 34   (Australia)

^h BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CENTER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PROSTITUTION; SCREENING; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL HEALTH CLINIC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84888342268     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000015     Document Type: Article

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