Exploring pharmacy and home-based sexually transmissible infection testing
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Exploring pharmacy and home-based sexually transmissible infection testing.
UNLABELLED Background This study assessed the feasibility and acceptability of pharmacy and home-based sexually transmissible infection (STI) screening as alternate testing venues among emergency contraception (EC) users. METHODS The study included two phases in February 2011-July 2012. In Phase I, customers purchasing EC from eight pharmacies in Manhattan received vouchers for free STI testi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sexual Health
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1448-5028
DOI: 10.1071/sh15031