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Frequency and thoroughness of STD/HIV risk assessment by physicians in a high-risk metropolitan area

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  • Boekeloo, B.O.
  • Marx, E.S.
  • Kral, A.H.
  • Coughlin, S.C.
  • Bowman, M.
  • Rabin, D.L.

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The US Preventive Services Task Force recommends that all primary care physicians assess the sexually transmitted disease/human immunodeficiency virus (STD/HIV) risk of all adolescent and adult patients. To determine whether factors amenable to change through continuing medical education are associated with frequent and thorough STD/HIV risk assessment, a telephone survey of primary care physicians in the Washington, DC metropolitan area was conducted (n = 961). Thirty-seven percent of physicians reported regularly asking new adult patients about their sexual practices; 60% asked new adolescent patients. STD/HIV risk questioning was associated with physicians' confidence in their ability to help prevent HIV, comfort with discussing patients' sexual practices, and perception of a large STD/HIV problem in their practice. These findings suggest that continuing medical education should target improvement in physicians' sexual practice questioning skills.

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  • Boekeloo, B.O. & Marx, E.S. & Kral, A.H. & Coughlin, S.C. & Bowman, M. & Rabin, D.L., 1991. "Frequency and thoroughness of STD/HIV risk assessment by physicians in a high-risk metropolitan area," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 81(12), pages 1645-1648.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:1991:81:12:1645-1648_5
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