Risk profile forchlamydia infection in women from public health clinics in New York State
- 1 February 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Community Health
- Vol. 18 (1) , 1-9
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01321516
Abstract
The prevalence of chlamydial infection and associated risk factors were studied in 1531 women from ten clinics in New York State excluding New York City. OverallChlamydia infection rates were 13.6%; 17.6% in eight high risk family planning and STD clinics, and 5.7% in two low risk college and private clinics. Risk factors forChlamydia infection included: age Chlamydia preventive services and permitted development of a risk profile (score card) ofChlamydia for each age group. Use of such a score card can be most helpful in assigning which patients could benefit most fromChlamydia cultures, especially in those areas where testing is unavailable or too costly to screen all patients.Keywords
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