Journal article
What do young women think about having a chlamydia test? Views of women who tested positive compared with women who tested negative
J Walker, S Walker, CK Fairley, J Bilardi, MY Chen, CS Bradshaw, E Urban, M Pirotta, H Birden, B Donovan, JM Kaldor, J Gunn, JS Hocking
Sexual Health | CSIRO PUBLISHING | Published : 2013
DOI: 10.1071/SH12019
Abstract
Objective To determine young women's experience of having a chlamydia (Chlamydia trachomatis) test as part of a chlamydia incidence study, and to determine how women who tested positive during the study experienced having a test compared with the experience of women who always tested negative. Methods: Women in an Australian chlamydia incidence study were tested at 3- to 6-monthly intervals during a 12-month period. At the final stage of the study, the women completed a questionnaire about how they felt about testing positive or how they anticipated they might feel about testing positive if they only tested negative. Questions about future sexual behaviour and testing were included. Results:..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This project was funded by the Commonwealth of Australia, as part of a National Chlamydia Pilot program. The authors would like to thank the participants and clinics involved in the study; and would also like to acknowledge the Royal Women's Hospital (Melbourne) for performing all the assays for this study.