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How do young adults perceive the risk of chlamydia infection? A qualitative
study.
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MedWorm on 14 January, 2012 08:06:34
 
Conclusions. Young people may be underestimating their risk of chlamydia
infection due to the presence of unhelpful beliefs. Dialogue between health
professionals and patients within GUM clinics, or through consultations as part
of the National Chlamydia Screening Programme (NCSP), could provide vehicles to
deliver health education to target these. Suggested health education includes
highlighting false reassurance provided by treatment beliefs and exposing the
fallibility of using overt characteristics to judge the likelihood that a
potential sexual partner poses a risk of infection.     PMID: 22233107 [PubMed -
in process] (Source: British Journal of Health Psychology)
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