| Comparability on knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors between STD clinic clients and high-risk individuals in community. | |
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PMID: 18708889 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVES: To assess the feasibility and generalizability of STD clinic samples for studying STD-related knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors (KAB), and healthcare preferences among individuals at high risk for STDs in the same community. STUDY DESIGN: An STD clinic and a community sample were selected from each of two urban areas in New York State. At each STD clinic, 100 individuals were interviewed. In each community, about 400 individuals were selected by random-digit-dialing telephone survey during the same period. Community sample participants were defined as having high-risk profiles on the basis of five items related to their sexual behaviors. RESULTS: The STD clinic samples were younger and had a larger proportion of men and nonwhite people compared with the high-risk community samples. Although the majority of STD clinic clients would seek healthcare at the STD clinics, high-risk community participants were more likely to prefer private doctors for STDs care (P < .0001 for both areas). Overall STD-related KAB were similar between STD clinic and high-risk community samples; however, STD clinic clients may be more knowledgeable about specific STDs and more likely to feel embarrassment about getting an STD. The findings comparing KAB between high-risk community subjects and STD clinic attendees also varied by geographic location. CONCLUSIONS: STD clinic samples may not be sufficiently representative of community STD-related KAB collected by telephone surveys, even for that subset of community respondents with high-risk behaviors associated with STDs. |
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Authors:
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Ping Du; Rosalind Thomas; Louise-Anne McNutt; F Bruce Coles |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP Volume: 14 ISSN: 1550-5022 ISO Abbreviation: J Public Health Manag Pract Publication Date: 2008 Sep-Oct |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-08-18 Completed Date: 2008-11-18 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9505213 Medline TA: J Public Health Manag Pract Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 454-63 Citation Subset: T |
Affiliation:
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Department of Public Health Sciences, Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA. pdu@psu.edu |
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Adolescent Adult Community Health Services / statistics & numerical data*, utilization Female Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice* Health Surveys Humans Male Middle Aged New York / epidemiology Patient Acceptance of Health Care / ethnology, psychology*, statistics & numerical data* Regression Analysis Risk-Taking Sexual Behavior Sexually Transmitted Diseases / ethnology, psychology* Urban Population / statistics & numerical data |
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ID/Acronym/Agency:
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U62/CCU202061-12//PHS HHS |
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