"...they should be offering it": a qualitative study to investigate young peoples' attitudes towards chlamydia screening in GP surgeries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the known health and healthcare costs of untreated chlamydia infection and the efforts of the National Chlamydia Screening Programme (NCSP) to control chlamydia through early detection and treatment of asymptomatic infection, the rates of screening are well below the 2010-2011 target rate of 35%. General Practitioner (GP) surgeries are a key venue within the NCSP however; previous studies indicate that GP surgery staff are concerned that they may offend their patients by offering a screen. This study aimed to identify the attitudes to, and preferences for, chlamydia screening in 15-24 year old men and women attending GP surgeries (the target group).

Methods

We undertook 36 interviews in six surgeries of differing screening rates. Our participants were 15-2

SUBMITTER: Hogan AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2965724 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature