Women don't want to give sex history
MELBOURNE (UPI) -- A study of young women in Australia said they would prefer age-based screening for the sexually transmitted infection Chlamydia if it was offered to all. The study, published in the journal BMC Infectious Diseases, found the Australian women interviewed did not like discussing their sex lives with their primary care physician. Some said they would even lie about how many sexual partners they'd had if asked. In response to the findings, the study authors suggest a detailed sexual history should not be required before testing women for Chlamydia. A team of three doctors, a sociologist and an epidemiologist at the University of Melbourne interviewed 24 sexually active women ages 16 to 24 who attended one of a sample of general practices. In contrast to previous research -- which suggested women are not concerned about giving information about their sexual history in the context of a family planning or sexual health clinic -- interviewees were reluctant to provide such a history to their doctor. This is a new finding which raises the question of whether a sexual history is really necessary when screening for Chlamydia, the researchers said. "The importance of normalizing the offer of Chlamydia testing, so that individual women do not feel singled out, cannot be overemphasized," study coordinator Natasha Pavlin said in a statement.
MELBOURNE (UPI) -- A study of young women in Australia said they would prefer age-based screening for the sexually transmitted infection Chlamydia if it was offered to all. The study, published in the journal BMC Infectious Diseases, found the Australian women interviewed did not like discussing their sex lives with their primary care physician. Some said they would even lie about how many sexual partners they'd had if asked. In response to the findings, the study authors suggest a detailed sexual history should not be required before testing women for Chlamydia. A team of three doctors, a sociologist and an epidemiologist at the University of Melbourne interviewed 24 sexually active women ages 16 to 24 who attended one of a sample of general practices. In contrast to previous research -- which suggested women are not concerned about giving information about their sexual history in the context of a family planning or sexual health clinic -- interviewees were reluctant to provide such a history to their doctor. This is a new finding which raises the question of whether a sexual history is really necessary when screening for Chlamydia, the researchers said. "The importance of normalizing the offer of Chlamydia testing, so that individual women do not feel singled out, cannot be overemphasized," study coordinator Natasha Pavlin said in a statement.
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