Does place of service matter? A utilisation and cost analysis of sexually transmissible infection testing from 2012 claims data.

abstract：:Background The 7.5-kb chlamydial cryptic plasmid remains a widely used sequence target for Chlamydia trachomatis nucleic acid amplification tests, but sequence variation in this plasmid, particularly a previously reported 377-bp deletion, can cause false-negative results. Here we report the presence in Australia of a ...

journal_title：Sexual health

authors： Sweeney EL,Bletchly C,Gupta R,Whiley DM

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several studies have examined condom use during 'holiday' sex but have not considered condom errors in this context. This study aims to identify factors associated with late application of condoms during participants' most recent vaginal intercourse at home and away from home (holidays or short breaks). MET...

journal_title：Sexual health

authors： Cousins G,Layte R,Ingham R,McGee H

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An understanding of vaccine acceptance and uptake is imperative for successful vaccination of populations that will be primary targets for vaccination after a vaccine against HIV is developed and ready for dissemination. Experiences with vaccination against vaccine-preventable hepatitis (VPH) among men who h...

journal_title：Sexual health

authors： Rhodes SD,Yee LJ

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Background Pregnancy is a special period in the life of women characterised by physical, hormonal and psychological changes that, in conjugation with social and cultural influences, could affect women's sexuality as well as couples' sexual relationships. This cross-sectional study aimed to evaluate female se...

journal_title：Sexual health

authors： Hanafy S,Srour NE,Mostafa T

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This Special Issue of Sexual Health aims to collate the latest evidence base focussed on understanding the current epidemic and transmission of gonorrhoea, choice of treatment, molecular epidemiology application, concerns about antimicrobial resistance and alternative prevention and control for gonorrhoea. ...

journal_title：Sexual health

authors： Ong JJ,Wi T,Hughes G,Williamson DA,Mayaud P,Chow EPF

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background Common causes of temporal lobe hyper intensities are central nervous system infections like herpes simplex encephalitis, Lyme disease, limbic encephalitis and vascular pathology like Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy. METHODS:Personal assessment, lab...

journal_title：Sexual health

authors： Tiwana H,Ahmed A

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study describes complex drug and sexual risk in a group of male sex workers (n = 79) who were recruited in the context of a larger study of young heroin users in Hanoi, Vietnam (n = 1270). Male sex workers were significantly more likely than male non-sex workers to be migrants (P < 0.001) and to have unsta...

journal_title：Sexual health

authors： Clatts MC,Giang le M,Goldsamt LA,Yi H

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background Men who have sex with men (MSM) have distinctive substance use (SU), which is more often linked to a sexual context than it is for their heterosexual peers. Screening of MSM's SU, its sexual contexts and the associated risks, is of clinical and public health concern. This paper aims to describe the prelimin...

journal_title：Sexual health

authors： Goyette M,Flores-Aranda J,Bertrand K,Pronovost F,Aubut V,Ortiz R,Saint-Jacques M

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In New South Wales (NSW), Australia, innovative community-based testing models have been implemented to increase HIV testing among populations at risk. The characteristics of patients newly diagnosed with HIV at a community-based testing site and at a traditional clinical service in Sydney, NSW, were compared. Compare...

journal_title：Sexual health

authors： Houghton R,McIver R,Lockwood T,Johnson K,Foster R

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background Most studies evaluating extragenital testing performance for Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) detection by the Xpert® CT/NG show high per cent agreement with comparison assays; however, the precision around positive per cent agreement is low and thus the values that have been report...

journal_title：Sexual health

authors： Bristow CC,Morris SR,Little SJ,Mehta SR,Klausner JD

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rates of HIV in New South Wales (NSW) have been stable, but have increased significantly in other Australian states. The reasons for this are unknown and may be associated with differences in the management of sexually transmissible infections (STI) and HIV in different states in Australia. Our aim was to de...

journal_title：Sexual health

authors： Fairley CK,Fehler G,Lewin SR,Pitts M,Chen MY,Bradshaw CS,Hocking JS

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some investigators have proposed screening homosexual men for anal cancer and its probable precursor, high grade anal intraepithelial neoplasia (AIN). Using widely accepted criteria for the introduction of screening programmes, this paper reviews the current evidence for screening for this condition in this high risk ...

journal_title：Sexual health

authors： Anderson JS,Vajdic C,Grulich AE

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the rationality of congenital syphilis (CS) cases reported by physicians in hospitals of various levels in Guangzhou, China. The over-reporting rate was calculated. The results suggested that 49.1% (54 out of 110) of the CS cases reviewed were identified as cases that should b...

journal_title：Sexual health

authors： Ye X,Tang SK,Dai X,He W,Zhu H,Zhang X

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background The rapid plasma reagin (RPR) assay is commonly used as a surrogate marker of infectious syphilis, but is non-specific, slow to change and variable in its rate of decline post treatment. METHODS:Within an urban sexual health service testing predominantly men who have sex with men, a file review of RPR chan...

journal_title：Sexual health

authors： Harjanto R,Smith DE,Barratt H,Kelly M,Chan D,Furner V,Smith M,Ronnachit A,Post J,Rawlinson W

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most women who live in sub-Saharan countries have heard of HIV/AIDS, but there is still widespread misunderstanding about how HIV is spread, the consequences of infection, and how to protect against infection. The aim of the present study was to investigate knowledge about HIV and attitudes towards condom us...

journal_title：Sexual health

authors： Drummond PD,Mizan A,Wright B

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background Young adults, aged 18-30 years, comprise the largest proportion of sexually transmissible infection (STI) notifications in Australia compared with other age groups. Understanding the influence of partner and friendship networks on their STI testing practices may enhance health promotion efforts to increase ...

journal_title：Sexual health

authors： Hendry NA,Brown G,Dowsett GW,Carman M

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination is expected to reduce the burden of cervical cancer in most settings; however, it is also expected to interfere with the effectiveness of screening. In the future, maintaining Pap cytology as the primary cervical screening test may become too costly. As the prevalence of cervical...

journal_title：Sexual health

authors： Tota J,Mahmud SM,Ferenczy A,Coutlée F,Franco EL

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Background The aim of this pilot study was to assess the feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness of Positive Outlook, an online self-management program for gay men living with HIV in Australia. METHODS:Two pilot studies were conducted, a small feasibility study (Pilot 1) followed by a pilot randomised ...

journal_title：Sexual health

authors： Millard T,McDonald K,Girdler S,Slavin S,Elliot J

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate estimates of HPV vaccination coverage are critical for determining the proportion of the target female population that is not protected by the vaccine, as well as for monitoring the performance of vaccine delivery programs. The implementation of an HPV vaccination register, either as part of an existing immun...

journal_title：Sexual health

authors： Gertig DM,Brotherton JM,Saville M

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background Mathematical models have demonstrated that the majority of gonococcal transmission is from oropharynx to oropharynx (i.e. kissing) among men who have sex with men (MSM). The aim of this study is to investigate the association between the number of partners within specific time periods and gonorrhoea and chl...

journal_title：Sexual health

authors： Priest D,Read TRH,Chen MY,Bradshaw CS,Fairley CK,Chow EPF

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sufficient evidence has accumulated to warrant the expansion of condom use research in several additional directions. Possible risk compensation pertaining to human papillomavirus vaccination and vaginal microbicides is one example. A second area of needed research involves the question of when couples can be advised ...

journal_title：Sexual health

authors： Crosby R,Warner L

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study examined the prevalence, correlates and consequences of abnormal Pap smears in a population-based survey of sexuality and health in the Australian community. METHODS:Cross-sectional telephone survey of 908 women aged 18-59 years randomly selected from the Commonwealth electoral roll. RESULTS:Mos...

journal_title：Sexual health

authors： Posner TN,Boyle FM,Purdie DM,Dunne MP,Najman JM

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Background Patient information leaflets (PILs) are widely utilised within publically funded sexual health clinics to deliver sexual health-related information (SHRI); however, their continued value to clients in the era of social media is unclear. This study aimed to evaluate clients' opinions on three newly...

journal_title：Sexual health

authors： Varma R,Chung C,Townsend A,Power M

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The study examined risk factors for having ever contracted sexually transmissible infections (STI) among a high-risk sample in midwestern USA. METHODS:A cross sectional survey was conducted among 428 homeless youth aged 16-19 years. Assessed correlates included child maltreatment, street exposure, sexual hi...

journal_title：Sexual health

authors： Tyler KA,Whitbeck LB,Chen X,Johnson K

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of self-collected specimens to test for sexually transmissible infections (STI) has reduced the opportunity for physical examination. Physical examination has been found to be of limited value in asymptomatic heterosexual women and men; however, prior studies have excluded higher risk populations. We...

journal_title：Sexual health

authors： Yong Ma J,Ryder N,Wray L,McNulty A

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether men who have sex with men (MSM) would use mouthwash daily to prevent pharyngeal gonorrhoea. Ten MSM attending the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre were asked to use a Listerine® alcohol-containing mouthwash daily for 14 days in August 2015. Mouthwash was used at least once daily for 133 of 140 pe...

journal_title：Sexual health

authors： Cornelisse VJ,Fairley CK,Walker S,Young T,Lee D,Chen MY,Bradshaw CS,Chow EPF

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a serious public health problem, compromising the management and control of gonorrhoea globally. Resistance in N. gonorrhoeae to ceftriaxone, the last option for first-line empirical monotherapy of gonorrhoea, has been reported from many countries globally, an...

journal_title：Sexual health

authors： Unemo M,Lahra MM,Cole M,Galarza P,Ndowa F,Martin I,Dillon JR,Ramon-Pardo P,Bolan G,Wi T

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study explored the role of masculinity and perceived condom use skills in African-American men's abusive response to female partners' condom requests. METHODS:Eighty African-American men aged 18-29 years completed measures on sexual behaviour, responses to condom requests, condom use self-efficacy and ...

journal_title：Sexual health

authors： Raiford JL,Seth P,Braxton ND,DiClemente RJ

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Objectives Increased testing frequency is a key strategy in syphilis control, but achieving regular testing is difficult. The objective of this study is to describe a sexually transmissible infection (STI) testing outreach program (the Testing Tent) at a gay community event. METHODS:Gay men attending the te...

journal_title：Sexual health

authors： Read PJ,Knight V,Bourne C,Guy R,Donovan B,Allan W,McNulty AM

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Australia still does not have a national sexual health strategy. Sexually transmissible infections such as chlamydia continue to plague the community, and the incidence of HIV is increasing. But a cohesive sexual health strategy cannot merely be disease-focussed, it must include the broader social and cultural aspects...

journal_title：Sexual health

authors： Chan DJ,Bradford DL

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00