ArticleAustralian and New Zealand journal of public health2017
Barriers to sexually transmitted infection testing in New Zealand: a qualitative study.
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- Assessing the effectiveness of HIV/STI risk communication displays among Melbourne Sexual Health Centre attendees: a cross-sectional, observational and vignette-based study.Sexually transmitted infections · 2024Observational
- DépistaFest: The evaluation of an inclusive, positive, and playful STBBI screening campaign's effectiveness.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2024Article
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- Identifying Individuals at High Risk for HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections With an Artificial Intelligence-Based Risk Assessment Tool.Open forum infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Enhancing self-care and access - The Dutch stepped care model to strategically organize public sexual health for young people.Health care transitions · 2024Article
- At-Home Self-Collection of Urine or Vaginal Samples for Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Screening Among Young People Who Were Assigned Female at Birth.AJPM focus · 2023Article
- The role of legal medicine professionals in preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections among female victims of sexual assault.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2023Review
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- Experience of Sexual Healthcare by Māori and Non-Māori Young People: An Online Survey of 15-24 Year Olds in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2022Article
- Knowing the unknown: The underestimation of monkeypox cases. Insights and implications from an integrative review of the literature.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Review
- Evaluation of the Young, Deadly, Syphilis Free multi-media campaign in remote Australia.PloS one · 2022Article
- Distance as explanatory factor for sexual health centre utilization: an urban population-based study in the Netherlands.European journal of public health · 2021Article
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objectiveTo investigate the barriers that prevent or delay people seeking a sexually transmitted infection (STI) test.
methodsQualitative in-depth interviews were conducted with 24 university students, who are a group prone to behaviours putting them at risk of STIs, to understand the factors that had prevented or delayed them from going for an STI test in the past. Resulting data were thematically analysed employing a qualitative content analysis method, and a final set of themes identified.
resultsThere were three main types of barrier to STI testing. These were: personal (underestimating risk, perceiving STIs as not serious, fear of invasive procedure, self-consciousness in genital examination and being too busy); structural (financial cost of test and clinician attributes and attitude); and social (concern of being stigmatised). Conclusions and implications for public health: These data will help health providers and policy-makers provide services that minimise barriers and develop effective strategies for improving STI testing rates. The results of this study suggest a holistic approach to encouraging testing is required, which includes addressing personal beliefs, working with healthcare providers to minimise structural barriers and developing initiatives to change social views about STIs.
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