Titre :
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Sexual health risk assessment and counseling in primary care : How involved are general practitioners and obstetrician-gynecologists ? (1999)
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Auteurs :
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N. HALEY ;
A. GERVAIS ;
B. MAHEUX ;
M. RIVARD
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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American journal of public health (vol. 89, n° 6, 1999)
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Pagination :
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899-902
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Maladie sexuellement transmissible
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Homme
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Prévention santé
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Canada
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Amérique
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Epidémiologie
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Profession santé
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Médecin généraliste
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Gynécologie
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Education santé
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Comportement sexuel
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Contraception
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Utilisation
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Préservatif
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Relation médecin malade
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Amérique du Nord
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Résumé :
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[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.
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