TY  - JOUR
T1  - Cdc: Improve targeted screening for chlamydia
AU  - Mitka M
Y1  - 2012/04/11
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2012.427
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 1472
EP  - 1472
VL  - 307
IS  - 14
N2  - 
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%).

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.427
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.427
ER  -