Acceptance of home-based chlamydia genital and anorectal testing using short message service (SMS) in previously tested young people and their social and sexual networks

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Dukers Muijrers, Nicole H T M ^a,b   Theunissen, Kevin A T M ^a   Wolffs, Petra T ^b   Kok, Gerjo ^c   Hoebe, Christian J P A ^a,b  

^a South Limburg Public Health Service   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOME DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; TEXT MESSAGING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; MICROBIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RECTAL DISEASES; SELF CARE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

DIAGNOSTIC KIT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RECTAL DISEASES; SELF CARE; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEXT MESSAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941992187     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133575     Document Type: Article

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