Power of Knowledge: Effect of Two Educational Interventions on Readiness for Chlamydia Screening
Faculty Advisor
Diane BlakeUMass Chan Affiliations
Department of Family Medicine and Community HealthDepartment of Pediatrics
Senior Scholars Program
School of Medicine
Document Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2015-09-08Keywords
Chlamydia educationknowledge about Chlamydia
readiness for Chlamydia screening
Bacterial Infections and Mycoses
Community Health and Preventive Medicine
Pediatrics
Public Health Education and Promotion
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We compared (a) the effectiveness of print versus digital educational media for communicating information about Chlamydia trachomatis to adolescents and young adults and (b) the influence of media type on readiness for Chlamydia screening. Young men and women (n = 103), aged 15 to 24 years, were recruited from a youth center and university campus and randomized to receive the print or digital Chlamydia educational intervention. Participant mean knowledge score improved postintervention, but there was no association with type of intervention medium. Nearly two-thirds (61%) of sexually active participants endorsed an increased postintervention stage of readiness for screening; however, there was no association with type of intervention medium. Learning about Chlamydia infection may have positive effects on willingness to be screened. Further study is needed to evaluate the efficacy of educational interventions for increasing actual screening rates.Source
Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2015 Sep 8. pii: 0009922815604597. Link to article on publisher's siteDOI
10.1177/0009922815604597Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/49264PubMed ID
26350429Notes
Rachel Sagor participated in this study as a medical student as part of the Senior Scholars research program at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
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