title: Where do young Irish women want Chlamydia-screening services to be set up? A qualitative study employing Goffman's impression management framework.
abstract: We conducted interviews with 35 young women recruited from eight community healthcare rural and urban settings across two regions of Ireland. The aim of the study was to explore where these women thought Chlamydia-screening services should be located. Respondents wanted screening services to be located in settings where they would not be witnessed either asking for, or being asked to take, Chlamydia tests. Respondents were worried that their identities would become stigmatized if others were to find out that they had accepted screening. Findings are interpreted through Goffman's stigma and impression management framework. We conclude with public health recommendations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin 2, Ireland. mylesbalfe@rcsi.ie
authors.forename: Myles
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Balfe
authors.forename: Ruairi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brugha
authors.forename: Emer
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: O' Connell
authors.forename: Hannah
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: McGee
authors.forename: Diarmuid
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: O' Donovan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D005843:Geography; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007494:Ireland; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000458:organization & administration*; D057240:Patient Preference; D012424:Rural Population; D014505:Urban Population; D055815:Young Adult