Journal article
Young people's views on the potential use of telemedicine consultations for sexual health: Results of a national survey
CC Garrett, J Hocking, MY Chen, CK Fairley, M Kirkman
BMC Infectious Diseases | Published : 2011
Abstract
Background: Young people are disproportionately affected by sexually transmissible infections in Australia but face barriers to accessing sexual health services, including concerns over confidentiality and, for some, geographic remoteness. A possible innovation to increase access to services is the use of telemedicine.Methods: Young people's (aged 16-24) pre-use views on telephone and webcam consultations for sexual health were investigated through a widely-advertised national online survey in Australia. Descriptive statistics were used to describe the study sample and chi-square, Mann-Whitney U test, or t-tests were used to assess associations. Multinomial logistic regression was used to ex..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors thank all participants for their generous contributions of time. CCG was awarded a Melbourne International Research Scholarship, Melbourne International Fee Remission Scholarship, and an Institute for a Broadband-Enabled Society PhD Top-Up Scholarship to undertake her doctoral research. The funders exercised no influence on the research.