Increasing chlamydia screening tests in general practice: A modi fied Zelen prospective cluster randomised controlled trial evaluating a complex intervention based on the theory of planned behaviour

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 188-194

  McNulty, Cliodna A M ^a   Hogan, AngelaH ^b   Ricketts, EllieJ ^c   Wallace, Louise ^d   Oliver, Isabel ^e   Campbell, Rona ^e   Kalwij, Sebastian ^f   O'Connell, Elaine ^c   Charlett, Andre ^c  

^a GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Personalised Medicine Consortium Integrated Biobank of Luxembourg   (Luxembourg)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^f The Vale Practice   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA SCREENING TEST; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL COGNITION; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR;

BEHAVIOURAL INTERVENTIONS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTION; EDUCATION; GENERAL PRACTICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899505119     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2013-051029     Document Type: Article

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