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Screening for chlamydia among adolescents in the UK: a review of policy and practice

Roslyn Kane (Roslyn Kane is a research fellow in the sexual health programme in the Health Promotion Research unit at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.)
Rolla Khadduri (Rolla Khadduri was formerly a research assistant in the sexual health programme in the Health Promotion Research unit at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.)
Kaye Wellings (Kaye Wellings is the director of the sexual health programme at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.)

Health Education

ISSN: 0965-4283

Article publication date: 1 June 2001

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Abstract

The contribution of the Expert Working Group to combating increasing incidence rates of chlamydia among young people in the UK has been important and timely. The pilot projects, which are currently being evaluated, will shed some light on the feasibility and acceptability of a national screening programme. In the current climate, with increasing prevalence of both symptomatic and asymptomatic infections and low levels of awareness amongst adolescents, detection and treatment of existing infections must be a public health priority.

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Kane, R., Khadduri, R. and Wellings, K. (2001), "Screening for chlamydia among adolescents in the UK: a review of policy and practice", Health Education, Vol. 101 No. 3, pp. 108-115. https://doi.org/10.1108/09654280110387871

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