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Article: Poor women in Brazil find home STI testing acceptable.(Brief article)
- Article from:
- International Family Planning Perspectives
- Article date:
- September 1, 2007
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Use of home-based STI self-collection and testing kits for chlamydia, gonorrhea and trichomoniasis is acceptable to low-income women, according to a study conducted between April and November 2004 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (1) A total of 818 women aged 18-40 were enrolled; half were randomized to receive a kit that they could use at home to collect and test vaginal samples for trichomoniasis, whereas the other half were given appointments to come to the clinic to perform sample collection and testing with guidance from a nurse. A marginally greater proportion of women in the home group (80%) than of those in the clinic group (76%) did as instructed within the specified ...
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