| Titre : | Sexual health risk assessment and counseling in primary care : How involved are general practitioners and obstetrician-gynecologists ? (1999) |
| Auteurs : | N. HALEY ; A. GERVAIS ; B. MAHEUX ; M. RIVARD |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | American journal of public health (vol. 89, n° 6, 1999) |
| Pagination : | 899-902 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | Maladie sexuellement transmissible ; Homme ; Prévention santé ; Canada ; Amérique ; Epidémiologie ; Profession santé ; Médecin généraliste ; Gynécologie ; Education santé ; Comportement sexuel ; Contraception ; Utilisation ; Préservatif ; Relation médecin malade ; Amérique du Nord |
| Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST KR0xCBCu. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives. This study examined physicians evaluation of sexual health risks during a general medical examination and sexanlly transmitied disease (STD) courreling during consultations for adolescent extraception and treatment of an STD. Methods. An anonymous mail survey was conducted in 1995 with a stratified random sample of 1086 general practitioners and all 241 obstetrician-gyactologies practicing in Quebec. Canada. Results. Fewer than half of the respondents reperted continely inquiring abont condorn use and number of sexual partners during a general medical examination Fenale general practitioners engaged in more sexual health risk assessment and counseling than male general practitioners. Conclusions. This study suggeas a low level involvement in STD prevention by generalists and obstetrician-gynecologists. |

