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General practice intervention to increase opportunistic screening for chlamydia

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dc.contributor.authorMerritt, Tony D
dc.contributor.authorDurrheim, David N
dc.contributor.authorHope, Kirsty
dc.contributor.authorByron, Paul
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-10T22:45:29Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.date.updated2015-12-09T11:22:15Z
dc.description.abstractWe 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.identifier.issn1448-5028
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/58572
dc.publisherCSIRO Publishing
dc.sourceSexual Health
dc.subjectKeywords: 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.titleGeneral practice intervention to increase opportunistic screening for chlamydia
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue4
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage251
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage249
local.contributor.affiliationMerritt, Tony D, Hunter New England Area Health Service
local.contributor.affiliationDurrheim, David N, University of Newcastle
local.contributor.affiliationHope, Kirsty, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationByron, Paul, Hunter New England Area Health Service
local.contributor.authoruidHope, Kirsty, u4106732
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor111799 - Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
local.identifier.ariespublicationu4167262xPUB448
local.identifier.citationvolume4
local.identifier.doi10.1071/SH07033
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-36348961343
local.type.statusPublished Version

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