P17.05 Hiv test refusals among black africans attending sexually transmitted infection clinics in england, 2013
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Effect of a Brief Video Intervention on Incident Infection among Patients Attending Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinics
BACKGROUND Sexually transmitted disease (STD) prevention remains a public health priority. Simple, practical interventions to reduce STD incidence that can be easily and inexpensively administered in high-volume clinical settings are needed. We evaluated whether a brief video, which contained STD prevention messages targeted to all patients in the waiting room, reduced acquisition of new infect...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sexually Transmitted Infections
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1368-4973,1472-3263
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2015-052270.583