ArticleBMC public health2010
Home-based chlamydia testing of young people attending a music festival--who will pee and post?
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- A review of current practices to increase Chlamydia screening in the community--a consumer-centred social marketing perspective.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2016Pooled it
- Home-based chlamydia and gonorrhoea screening: a systematic review of strategies and outcomes.BMC public health · 2013Pooled it
- The prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in Australia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2012Pooled it
- Rationale and design of REACT: a randomised controlled trial assessing the effectiveness of home-collection to increase chlamydia retesting and detect repeat positive tests.BMC infectious diseases · 2014Trial
- The effect of financial incentives on chlamydia testing rates: evidence from a randomized experiment.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2014Trial
- Evaluation of a Self-Test Technology for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Testing: Observational Before-and-After Study.JMIR dermatology · 2026Observational
- Self-care interventions for preconception, antenatal, intrapartum and postpartum care: a scoping review.BMJ open · 2023Article
- The acceptability and cost of a home-based chlamydia retesting strategy: findings from the REACT randomised controlled trial.BMC public health · 2016Article
- Keeping participants on board: increasing uptake by automated respondent reminders in an Internet-based chlamydia screening in the Netherlands.BMC public health · 2012Article
- Improving STD testing behavior among high-risk young adults by offering STD testing at a vocational school.BMC public health · 2011Article
- The Australian national binge drinking campaign: campaign recognition among young people at a music festival who report risky drinking.BMC public health · 2011Article
- Urine-based testing for Chlamydia trachomatis among young adults in a population-based survey in Croatia: feasibility and prevalence.BMC public health · 2011Article
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Abstract
backgroundChlamydia is most common among young people, but only a small proportion of Australian young people are tested annually. Home-based chlamydia testing has been piloted in several countries to increase testing rates, but uptake has been low. We aimed to identify predictors of uptake of home-based chlamydia testing to inform future testing programs.
methodsWe offered home-based chlamydia testing kits to participants in a sexual behaviour cross-sectional survey conducted at a music festival in Melbourne, Australia. Those who consented received a testing kit and were asked to return their urine or vaginal swab sample via post.
resultsNine hundred and two sexually active music festival attendees aged 16-29 completed the survey; 313 (35%) opted to receive chlamydia testing kits, and 67 of 313 (21%) returned a specimen for testing. One participant was infected with chlamydia (1% prevalence). Independent predictors of consenting to receive a testing kit included older age, knowing that chlamydia can make women infertile, reporting more than three lifetime sexual partners and inconsistent condom use. Independent predictors of returning a sample to the laboratory included knowing that chlamydia can be asymptomatic, not having had an STI test in the past six months and not living with parents.
conclusionsA low proportion of participants returned their chlamydia test, suggesting that this model is not ideal for reaching young people. Home-based chlamydia testing is most attractive to those who report engaging in sexual risk behaviours and are aware of the often asymptomatic nature and potential sequelae of chlamydia infection.
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