Outreach sexual infection screening and postal tests in men who have sex with men: are they comparable to clinic screening?

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 428-431

  Wood, Martyn ^a   Ellks, Rachael ^a   Grobicki, Moira ^a  

^a LEIGHTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AIDS; diagnosis; high risk behaviour; HIV; homosexual; MSM; outreach; screening; sex on premises venue; sexually transmitted infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONORRHEA; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV RAPID TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NURSE; OUTREACH SERVICE; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; UNSAFE SEX; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MASS SCREENING; MICROBIOLOGY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SELF CARE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTAL SERVICE; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SELF CARE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 84928105622     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: 17581052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956462414539668     Document Type: Article

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