RT Journal
A1 Mitka M
T1 Cdc: Improve targeted screening for chlamydia
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2012
FD April 11
VO 307
IS 14
SP 1472
OP 1472
DO 10.1001/jama.2012.427
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.427
AB 
During a telebriefing held at the National STD Prevention Conference in March, CDC officials presented self-reported data from teenaged girls and young women who participated in the 2006-2008 cycle of the National Survey of Family Growth. Only 38% of sexually active young women surveyed were screened for chlamydia in the previous year, suggesting that more than 9 million young women nationwide were not screened as recommended. Testing rates were higher for women belonging to populations associated with a greater risk of chlamydia infection: blacks (55%), those with multiple sex partners (47%), those receiving public insurance (50%), and those who were uninsured (41%).