Young Women's Reasons to Seek Sexually Transmitted Infection Screening

Objectives To describe young women's reasons to seek and not to seek sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening; to explore whether reasons differed by age and STI screening history. Design and Sample Cross‐sectional, descriptive. Female students (N = 216) at a university in the Midwestern...

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Published in:Public health Nursing 2014-09, Vol.31 (5), p.395-404
Main Authors: Backonja, Uba, Royer, Heather R., Lauver, Diane R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Mass Screening - utilization
Medical personnel
Medical screening
Midwestern United States
Nursing
Patient Acceptance of Health Care - psychology
Patient Acceptance of Health Care - statistics & numerical data
Public health
public health nursing practice
screening
Sexually transmitted diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases - prevention & control
STD
Universities
women's health
Womens health
Young Adult
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Summary:Objectives To describe young women's reasons to seek and not to seek sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening; to explore whether reasons differed by age and STI screening history. Design and Sample Cross‐sectional, descriptive. Female students (N = 216) at a university in the Midwestern United States. Measures An anonymous online survey was designed based on the Theory of Care Seeking Behavior and literature regarding STI screening among young women. Results The most common reason to seek STI screening was to start treatment promptly (85%); the most common reason not to seek screening was being asymptomatic (54%). Participants' reasons differed by age and screening history. Women under 25 were more likely than women 25 and older to seek screening because of encouragement from female role models (p 
ISSN:0737-1209
1525-1446
DOI:10.1111/phn.12125