General practice intervention to increase opportunistic screening for chlamydia
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Merritt, Tony D; Durrheim, David N; Hope, Kirsty; Byron, Paul
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We describe an 18-month intervention that was designed to improve opportunistic screening for chlamydia in General Practice. Key strategies included engaging and informing general practitioners, adopting a simplified screening protocol, providing feedback on practice testing performance and developing resources for use with patients. This uncontrolled before and after study found that the overall impact on testing was modest and largely transient, and was insufficient to impact on the current...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Merritt, Tony D | |
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dc.contributor.author | Durrheim, David N | |
dc.contributor.author | Hope, Kirsty | |
dc.contributor.author | Byron, Paul | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-10T22:45:29Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1448-5028 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/58572 | |
dc.description.abstract | We describe an 18-month intervention that was designed to improve opportunistic screening for chlamydia in General Practice. Key strategies included engaging and informing general practitioners, adopting a simplified screening protocol, providing feedback on practice testing performance and developing resources for use with patients. This uncontrolled before and after study found that the overall impact on testing was modest and largely transient, and was insufficient to impact on the current chlamydia epidemic. Major additional measures would be required to further substantially increase testing levels. These could include financial incentives linked to screening performance and increased community awareness to increase patient demand for testing. | |
dc.publisher | CSIRO Publishing | |
dc.source | Sexual Health | |
dc.subject | Keywords: adolescent; adult; article; attitude to health; chlamydiasis; epidemic; feedback system; financial management; general practice; general practitioner; health care need; human; physician attitude; reward; screening test; Adolescent; Adult; Attitude of Heal | |
dc.title | General practice intervention to increase opportunistic screening for chlamydia | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 4 | |
dc.date.issued | 2007 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 111799 - Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | u4167262xPUB448 | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Merritt, Tony D, Hunter New England Area Health Service | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Durrheim, David N, University of Newcastle | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Hope, Kirsty, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Byron, Paul, Hunter New England Area Health Service | |
local.description.embargo | 2037-12-31 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | 4 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 249 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 251 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1071/SH07033 | |
dc.date.updated | 2015-12-09T11:22:15Z | |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-36348961343 | |
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