ArticleBMC infectious diseases2008
Take the sex out of STI screening! Views of young women on implementing chlamydia screening in General Practice.
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- Understanding access to sexual and reproductive health in general practice using an adapted Candidacy Framework: a systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2025Pooled it
- Application of the COM-B model to barriers and facilitators to chlamydia testing in general practice for young people and primary care practitioners: a systematic review.Implementation science : IS · 2018Pooled it
- Increasing chlamydia screening tests in general practice: a modified Zelen prospective Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial evaluating a complex intervention based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour.Sexually transmitted infections · 2014Trial
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- Exploring Whether the Electronic Optimization of Routine Health Assessments Can Increase Testing for Sexually Transmitted Infections and Provider Acceptability at an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service: Mixed Methods Evaluation.JMIR medical informatics · 2023Article
- Chlamydia Peritonitis Mimicking Juvenile Carcinomatous Peritonitis Diagnosed by Exploratory Laparoscopy: A Case Report.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- De-Sexualizing Partner Notification: A Qualitative Study on Chinese Young Adults with Chlamydia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Associated factors of willingness to undergo routine chlamydia trachomatis screening among hospital-based patients in Shenzhen, China: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2020Article
- Text Messaging After HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infection Screening: Do Patients' Profiles Matter?Sexually transmitted diseases · 2019Article
- Barriers and Facilitators of Partner Treatment of Chlamydia: A Qualitative Investigation with Prescribers and Community Pharmacists.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Article
- Perceptions of Self-Testing for Chlamydia: Understanding and Predicting Self-Test Use.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2016Article
- Exploring access and attitudes to regular sexually transmitted infection screening: the views of young, multi-ethnic, inner-city, female students.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2016Article
- Sexual behaviour, sexually transmitted infections and attitudes to chlamydia testing among a unique national sample of young Australians: baseline data from a randomised controlled trial.BMC public health · 2014Article
- Primary healthcare providers' views on improving sexual and reproductive healthcare for adolescents in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Nicaragua.Global health action · 2013Article
- Using educational outreach and a financial incentive to increase general practices' contribution to chlamydia screening in South-East London 2003-2011.BMC public health · 2012Article
- "...they should be offering it": a qualitative study to investigate young peoples' attitudes towards chlamydia screening in GP surgeries.BMC public health · 2010Article
- Triggers of self-conscious emotions in the sexually transmitted infection testing process.BMC research notes · 2010Article
- Young women's decisions to accept chlamydia screening: influences of stigma and doctor-patient interactions.BMC public health · 2010Article
- Telling partners about chlamydia: how acceptable are the new technologies?BMC infectious diseases · 2010Article
- The experience of providing young people attending general practice with an online risk assessment tool to assess their own sexual health risk.BMC infectious diseases · 2009Article
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Abstract
backgroundAustralia is developing a chlamydia screening program. This study aimed to determine the attitudes of young women to the introduction of chlamydia screening in Australian General Practice.
methodsIn-depth face-to-face interviews with 24 young women from across Victoria, Australia, attending a randomly selected sample of general practices.
resultsYoung women reported that they would accept age-based screening for chlamydia in general practice, during both sexual-health and non-sexual-health related consultations. Trust in their general practitioner (GP) was reported to be a major factor in the acceptability of chlamydia screening. The women felt chlamydia screening should be offered to all young women rather than targeted at "high risk" women based on sexual history and they particularly emphasised the importance of normalising chlamydia screening. The women reported that they did not want to be asked to provide a sexual history as part of being asked to have a chlamydia test. Some reported that they would lie if asked how many partners they had had
conclusionWomen do not want a sexual history taken when being asked to have a chlamydia test while attending a general practitioner. They prefer the offer of chlamydia screening to be based on age rather than assessment of sexual risk. Chlamydia screening needs to be normalised and destigmatised.
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