ArticleBMC infectious diseases2010
Rationale, design, and results of the first screening round of a comprehensive, register-based, Chlamydia screening implementation programme in the Netherlands.
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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
- Genital chlamydia prevalence in Europe and non-European high income countries: systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2015Pooled it
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- Home-based chlamydia and gonorrhoea screening: a systematic review of strategies and outcomes.BMC public health · 2013Pooled it
- Systematic screening with information and home sampling for genital Chlamydia trachomatis infections in young men and women in Norway: a randomized controlled trial.BMC infectious diseases · 2013Trial
- Effects of population based screening for Chlamydia infections in the Netherlands limited by declining participation rates.PloS one · 2013Trial
- Effectiveness of yearly, register based screening for chlamydia in the Netherlands: controlled trial with randomised stepped wedge implementation.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2012Trial
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- Study protocol of the iMPaCT project: a longitudinal cohort study assessing psychological determinants, sexual behaviour and chlamydia (re)infections in heterosexual STI clinic visitors.BMC infectious diseases · 2018Article
- Assessing association between IWantTheKit risk quiz tool and sexually transmitted infection positivity in male users for sexually transmitted infection screening.International journal of STD & AIDS · 2018Article
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- Filling in the gaps: estimating numbers of chlamydia tests and diagnoses by age group and sex before and during the implementation of the English National Screening Programme, 2000 to 2012.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2017Article
- The added value of chlamydia screening between 2008-2010 in reaching young people in addition to chlamydia testing in regular care; an observational study.BMC infectious diseases · 2014Observational
- Factors associated with intention to use internet-based testing for sexually transmitted infections among men who have sex with men.Journal of medical Internet research · 2013Article
- Higher Chlamydia trachomatis prevalence in ethnic minorities does not always reflect higher sexual risk behaviour.PloS one · 2013Article
- Comparative effectiveness of two self-collected sample kit distribution systems for chlamydia screening on a university campus.Sexually transmitted infections · 2012Article
- Keeping participants on board: increasing uptake by automated respondent reminders in an Internet-based chlamydia screening in the Netherlands.BMC public health · 2012Article
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Abstract
backgroundImplementing Chlamydia trachomatis screening in the Netherlands has been a point of debate for several years. The National Health Council advised against implementing nationwide screening until additional data collected from a pilot project in 2003 suggested that screening by risk profiles could be effective. A continuous increase in infections recorded in the national surveillance database affirmed the need for a more active approach. Here, we describe the rationale, design, and implementation of a Chlamydia screening demonstration programme.
methodsA systematic, selective, internet-based Chlamydia screening programme started in April 2008. Letters are sent annually to all 16 to 29-year-old residents of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and selected municipalities of South Limburg. The letters invite sexually active persons to login to http://www.chlamydiatest.nl with a personal code and to request a test kit. In the lower prevalence area of South Limburg, test kits can only be requested if the internet-based risk assessment exceeds a predefined value.
resultsWe sent invitations to 261,025 people in the first round. One-fifth of the invitees requested a test kit, of whom 80% sent in a sample for testing. The overall positivity rate was 4.2%.
conclusionsThis programme advances Chlamydia control activities in the Netherlands. Insight into the feasibility, effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, and impact of this large-scale screening programme will determine whether the programme will be implemented nationally.
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