Journal article
Trends in chlamydia and gonorrhoea testing and positivity in Western Australian Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women 2001-2013: A population-based cohort study
J Reekie, B Donovan, R Guy, JS Hocking, JM Kaldor, DB Mak, S Pearson, D Preen, H Wand, J Ward, B Liu
Sexual Health | CSIRO PUBLISHING | Published : 2017
DOI: 10.1071/SH16207
Abstract
Background: This study aimed to examine trends in chlamydia and gonorrhoea testing and positivity in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women of reproductive age. Methods: A cohort of 318002 women, born between 1974 and 1995, residing in Western Australia (WA) was determined from birth registrations and the 2014 electoral roll. This cohort was then probabilistically linked to all records of chlamydia and gonorrhoea nucleic acid amplification tests conducted by two large WA pathology laboratories between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2013. Trends in chlamydia and gonorrhoea testing and positivity were investigated over time and stratified by Aboriginality and age group. Results: The proportion of..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors thank the staff at the Western Australian Data Linkage Branch, WA Birth Registrations, WA Electoral Roll, WA Department of Health and the two pathology laboratories who provided data for this project. Chlamydia and reproductive health outcome investigators are Bette Liu, David Preen, Jane Hocking, Basil Donovan, Christine Roberts, James Ward, Donna Mak, Rebecca Guy, John Kaldor, Sallie Pearson, Louise Stewart, Handan Wand. This study was funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council grant APP1020628. BL, JH, BD, CR, JW, RG, JK are supported by National Health and Medical Research Council fellowships.