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    Home-based chlamydia testing of young people attending a music festival--who will pee and post?

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    Sacks-Davis, R; Gold, J; Aitken, CK; Hellard, ME
    Date
    2010-06-28
    Source Title
    BMC Public Health
    Publisher
    Springer Science and Business Media LLC
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    Sacks-Davis, Rachel; Hellard, Margaret
    Affiliation
    Infectious Diseases
    Medicine and Radiology
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    Journal Article
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    Sacks-Davis, R., Gold, J., Aitken, C. K. & Hellard, M. E. (2010). Home-based chlamydia testing of young people attending a music festival--who will pee and post?. BMC Public Health, 10 (1), pp.376-. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-10-376.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/260290
    DOI
    10.1186/1471-2458-10-376
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    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2912808
    Abstract
    BACKGROUND: Chlamydia is most common among young people, but only a small proportion of Australian young people are tested annually. Home-based chlamydia testing has been piloted in several countries to increase testing rates, but uptake has been low. We aimed to identify predictors of uptake of home-based chlamydia testing to inform future testing programs. METHODS: We offered home-based chlamydia testing kits to participants in a sexual behaviour cross-sectional survey conducted at a music festival in Melbourne, Australia. Those who consented received a testing kit and were asked to return their urine or vaginal swab sample via post. RESULTS: Nine hundred and two sexually active music festival attendees aged 16-29 completed the survey; 313 (35%) opted to receive chlamydia testing kits, and 67 of 313 (21%) returned a specimen for testing. One participant was infected with chlamydia (1% prevalence). Independent predictors of consenting to receive a testing kit included older age, knowing that chlamydia can make women infertile, reporting more than three lifetime sexual partners and inconsistent condom use. Independent predictors of returning a sample to the laboratory included knowing that chlamydia can be asymptomatic, not having had an STI test in the past six months and not living with parents. CONCLUSIONS: A low proportion of participants returned their chlamydia test, suggesting that this model is not ideal for reaching young people. Home-based chlamydia testing is most attractive to those who report engaging in sexual risk behaviours and are aware of the often asymptomatic nature and potential sequelae of chlamydia infection.

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