Conceptualising quality of life outcomes for women participating in testing for sexually transmitted infections: A systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative research

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 143, Issue , 2015, Pages 162-170

  Jackson, Louise J ^a   Roberts, Tracy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health economics; Meta ethnography; Public health; Quality of life; Sexually transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; WOMENS HEALTH;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COPING BEHAVIOR; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH; META ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941059269     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.08.048     Document Type: Review

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