title: Sexual health risk assessment and counseling in primary care: how involved are general practitioners and obstetrician-gynecologists?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study examined physicians' evaluation of sexual health risks during a general medical examination and sexually transmitted disease (STD) counseling during consultations for adolescent contraception and treatment of an STD.
  
  
  METHODS
  An anonymous mail survey was conducted in 1995 with a stratified random sample of 1086 general practitioners and all 241 obstetrician-gynecologists practicing in Quebec, Canada.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fewer than half of the respondents reported routinely inquiring about condom use and number of sexual partners during a general medical examination. Female general practitioners engaged in more sexual health risk assessment and counseling than male general practitioners.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study suggests a low level of involvement in STD prevention by generalists and obstetrician-gynecologists.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Université de Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Haley
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Maheux
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rivard
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gervais
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003376:Counseling / Q000379:methods*; D005194:Family Practice / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006176:Gynecology / Q000379:methods*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008487:Medical History Taking / Q000379:methods*; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000379:methods*; D010819:Physician's Role; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D011792:Quebec; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012736:Sex Education / Q000379:methods*; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires