ArticlePerspectives on sexual and reproductive health2015
Acceptability of home-based chlamydia and gonorrhea testing among a national sample of sexual minority young adults.
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- Uptake and correlates of chlamydia and gonorrhea testing among female sex workers in Southern China: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2021Article
- To Contact Tracing... and Beyond!Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 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
- Knowledge and testing preferences forJournal of American college health : J of ACH · 2020Article
- Acceptability and Feasibility of Self-Collecting Biological Specimens for HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infection, and Adherence Testing Among High-Risk Populations (Project Caboodle!): Protocol for an Exploratory Mixed-Methods Study.JMIR research protocols · 2019Article
- Anticipating the potential for positive uptake and adaptation in the implementation of a publicly funded online STBBI testing service: a qualitative analysis.BMC health services research · 2018Article
- Preventive healthcare services use among transgender young adults.The international journal of transgenderism · 2018Article
- Use of GetCheckedOnline, a Comprehensive Web-based Testing Service for Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infections.Journal of medical Internet research · 2017Article
- Young people's perceptions of smartphone-enabled self-testing and online care for sexually transmitted infections: qualitative interview study.BMC public health · 2016Article
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Abstract
contextSTDs are common among older adolescents and young adults; hence, STD screening is a public health priority. Home-based STD testing could be a strategy to improve screening rates, particularly among at-risk populations, including sexual minority (i.e., nonheterosexual) young adults.
methodsData were collected from a national sample of 971 sexual minority young adults aged 18-26 through an online survey in the fall of 2013. Logistic regression analyses identified associations between respondents' characteristics and their willingness to use a home-based test for chlamydia and gonorrhea.
resultsA greater proportion of men than of women were willing to use a home-based STD test (81% vs. 68%). Willingness was more likely among gay than among bisexual men, among men insured through their parents than among the uninsured and among those who had had two or more sexual partners in the past year than among those who had had fewer (adjusted odds ratios, 2.0-2.2). Among men, students were less likely than the employed to report willingness for home-based testing (0.4). Among women, willingness was more likely among those who reported at least two partners in the past year than among those who reported fewer (1.6). Overall, respondents' most common concerns about home-based STD testing regarded test accuracy, their ability to do the test correctly and their preference to see a doctor for testing.
conclusionsHome-based STD testing may be a promising strategy for screening sexual minority young adults; understanding correlates of willingness and young adults' concerns may help inform self-testing programs.
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