Monitoring STI prevalence using telephone surveys and mailed urine specimens: a pilot test
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Monitoring STI prevalence using telephone surveys and mailed urine specimens: a pilot test.
OBJECTIVES This pilot test assessed the feasibility of a cost effective population based approach to STI monitoring using automated telephone interviews, urine specimen collection kits sent out and returned by US Postal Service mail, and monetary incentives to motivate participation. METHODS 100 residents of Baltimore, MD, USA, completed an automated telephone survey and agreed to mail in a u...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sexually Transmitted Infections
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1368-4973
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2004.011080