Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 46, Issue 3 , Pages 270-277 , March 2010

Point-of-Care Testing for Sexually Transmitted Infections Increases Awareness and Short-Term Abstinence in Adolescent Women

  • Jennifer L. Reed, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Emergency Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Jennifer L. Reed, M.D., Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, ML 2008, Cincinnati, OH 45229.
    • ,
  • Lauren Simendinger, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
    • ,
  • Sarah Griffeth, B.A.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Adolescent Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
    • ,
  • Hye Grace Kim, B.A.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Adolescent Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
    • ,
  • Jill S. Huppert, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Adolescent Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio

Received 22 May 2009 ,Accepted 5 August 2009.

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 Funding: This study was funded by a Cincinnati Children's Hospital Research Foundation Trustee's award (Huppert, PI) and under an NIH/NIAID K-23 career award (K23-AI063182 Huppert, PI). Test kits for the point-of-care Trichomonas vaginalis test were supplied by the manufacturer (Genzyme Diagnostics, Inc., Cambridge, MA).

PII: S1054-139X(09)00308-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.08.003

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 46, Issue 3 , Pages 270-277 , March 2010

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