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- Title
Time to Address Inequities in Chlamydia Screening Among Adolescents.
- Authors
Pickett, Michelle L.; Goyal, Monika K.; Chernick, Lauren S.
- Abstract
An editorial is presented in which the authors urge action in order to mitigate or eliminate inequities in chlamydia screening for teenagers in the U.S. The article examines socioeconomic factors in such inequities, access to health care and treatment of patients, and data collection for Black patients and white patients. The authors also discuss mistrust of the medical care system among Black patients.
- Subjects
CHLAMYDIA infection prevention; MEDICAL screening; AFRICAN American teenagers; WHITE teenage girls; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; HEALTH services accessibility
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 2022, Vol 112, Issue 1, p7
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.2105/ajph.2021.306609