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Sex and sport: chlamydia screening in rural sporting clubs
BACKGROUND: Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common notifiable disease in Australia, mainly affecting those aged 15 to 29 years. Testing rates are low in Australia and considerably lower in rural areas, with access and confidentiality of sexual health services being problematic in rural and regiona...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2695469/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19470183 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-9-73 |
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author | Kong, Fabian YS Hocking, Jane S Link, Chris K Chen, Marcus Y Hellard, Margaret E |
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description | BACKGROUND: Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common notifiable disease in Australia, mainly affecting those aged 15 to 29 years. Testing rates are low in Australia and considerably lower in rural areas, with access and confidentiality of sexual health services being problematic in rural and regional areas. This study aimed to determine the feasibility of establishing a pilot chlamydia testing outreach program among 16–25 year old males and females in rural Victoria (Australia) undertaken at local sporting clubs and to determine the prevalence of chlamydia and acceptability of the program in this population. METHODS: We aimed to recruit young people from the Loddon Mallee region of Victoria, Australia between May and September 2007. After a night of sporting practice, participants provided a first pass urine sample, completed a brief questionnaire regarding risk taking behaviour and were then provided with condoms and health promotion materials about sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Those positive for chlamydia were managed by telephone consultation with a practitioner from Melbourne Sexual Health Centre. RESULTS: A total of 709 young people participated (77% male, 23% female), 77% being sexually active. All provided a urine sample and completed the questionnaire. Participation rate on recruitment nights was over 95%. Overall chlamydia prevalence in those sexually active was 5.1% (95%CI: 3.4–7.3), 7.4% in females (95%CI: 3.5–13.6) and 4.5% in males (95%CI: 2.7–6.9). CONCLUSION: Sporting clubs represent a feasible, acceptable and innovative community based setting to screen, treat and educate young people in a rural and regional setting, especially for males. |
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spelling | pubmed-26954692009-06-12 Sex and sport: chlamydia screening in rural sporting clubs Kong, Fabian YS Hocking, Jane S Link, Chris K Chen, Marcus Y Hellard, Margaret E BMC Infect Dis Research Article BACKGROUND: Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common notifiable disease in Australia, mainly affecting those aged 15 to 29 years. Testing rates are low in Australia and considerably lower in rural areas, with access and confidentiality of sexual health services being problematic in rural and regional areas. This study aimed to determine the feasibility of establishing a pilot chlamydia testing outreach program among 16–25 year old males and females in rural Victoria (Australia) undertaken at local sporting clubs and to determine the prevalence of chlamydia and acceptability of the program in this population. METHODS: We aimed to recruit young people from the Loddon Mallee region of Victoria, Australia between May and September 2007. After a night of sporting practice, participants provided a first pass urine sample, completed a brief questionnaire regarding risk taking behaviour and were then provided with condoms and health promotion materials about sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Those positive for chlamydia were managed by telephone consultation with a practitioner from Melbourne Sexual Health Centre. RESULTS: A total of 709 young people participated (77% male, 23% female), 77% being sexually active. All provided a urine sample and completed the questionnaire. Participation rate on recruitment nights was over 95%. Overall chlamydia prevalence in those sexually active was 5.1% (95%CI: 3.4–7.3), 7.4% in females (95%CI: 3.5–13.6) and 4.5% in males (95%CI: 2.7–6.9). CONCLUSION: Sporting clubs represent a feasible, acceptable and innovative community based setting to screen, treat and educate young people in a rural and regional setting, especially for males. BioMed Central 2009-05-27 /pmc/articles/PMC2695469/ /pubmed/19470183 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-9-73 Text en Copyright ©2009 Kong et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Kong, Fabian YS Hocking, Jane S Link, Chris K Chen, Marcus Y Hellard, Margaret E Sex and sport: chlamydia screening in rural sporting clubs |
title | Sex and sport: chlamydia screening in rural sporting clubs |
title_full | Sex and sport: chlamydia screening in rural sporting clubs |
title_fullStr | Sex and sport: chlamydia screening in rural sporting clubs |
title_full_unstemmed | Sex and sport: chlamydia screening in rural sporting clubs |
title_short | Sex and sport: chlamydia screening in rural sporting clubs |
title_sort | sex and sport: chlamydia screening in rural sporting clubs |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2695469/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19470183 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-9-73 |
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