Journal article
Reattendance and chlamydia retesting rates at 12 months among young people attending Australian general practice clinics 2007-10: A longitudinal study
ER Weaver, AL Bowring, R Guy, C Van Gemert, JS Hocking, DI Boyle, T Merritt, C Heal, PM Lau, B Donovan, ME Hellard
Sexual Health | CSIRO PUBLISHING | Published : 2014
DOI: 10.1071/SH14079
Abstract
Background Clinical guidelines commonly recommend annual chlamydia (Chlamydia trachomatis) testing in young people. General practice (GP) clinics can play an important role in annual testing, as a high proportion of young people attend these clinics annually; however, little is known about the timing of attendance and testing in this setting. Methods: The Australian Collaboration for Coordinated Enhanced Sentinel Surveillance of Sexually Transmitted Infections and Blood-Borne Viruses system extracted consultation and pathology data on 16-29-year-olds attending 25 GP clinics in 2007-10. We calculated the proportion of individuals with an initial negative test that reattended at 12 months (±3 ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors thank all GP clinics that provided data for ACCESS. ACCESS is overseen by a national coordinating committee comprising representatives from the Burnet Institute, The Kirby Institute for Infection and Immunity in Society, the National Reference Laboratory and the National Perinatal Statistics Unit at the University of New South Wales. The authors acknowledge Paul Agius from the Burnet Institute for his statistical support. ACCESS was funded through the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing's Chlamydia Pilot Program from 2007 to 2010. The authors gratefully acknowledge the contribution to this work of the Victorian Operational Infrastructure Support Program. RG, MH, JH and BD are supported by fellowships from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia.