Dual Intervention to Increase Chlamydia Retesting: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Three Populations

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-11

  Smith, Kirsty S ^a   Hocking, Jane S ^f   Chen, Marcus Y ^f,h   Fairley, Christopher K ^h,j   McNulty, Anna M ^b,c   Read, Phillip ^a,d   Bradshaw, Catriona S ^f,h,j   Tabrizi, Sepehr N ^g,k,l   Wand, Handan ^a   Saville, Marion ⁱ   Rawlinson, William ^e   Garland, Suzanne M ^g,k,l   Donovan, Basil ^a,c   Kaldor, John M ^a   Guy, Rebecca J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Sydney Sexual Health Centre   (Australia)

^d Kirketon Road Centre ^*  (Australia)

^e PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^h MELBOURNE SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

ⁱ VCS Pathology   (Australia)

^j MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^k ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^l MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA RETESTING; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDOM USE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; POSTAL HOME COLLECTION KIT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL HEALTH; SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE; AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MASS SCREENING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TEXT MESSAGING; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TEXT MESSAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84932084578     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2015.01.014     Document Type: Article

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