title: A practice improvement intervention increases chlamydia screening among young women at a women's health practice.
abstract: Annual chlamydia trachomatis screening of all sexually active women younger than age 26 is a recommended standard practice. Yet most women are not being tested. The author describes a successful practice change intervention to increase routine chlamydia screening rates in a women's health primary care setting. Screening rates increased from 53.4% to 76.1% following the intervention. Results suggest a combination of education, provider feedback, and clinic prompts can influence chlamydia screening behavior among providers.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA. lindseykettinger@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Lindsey Diane
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Kettinger
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis; D005260:Female; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011320:Primary Health Care; D058996:Quality Improvement; D013022:South Carolina; D013333:Student Health Services; D016387:Women's Health; D055815:Young Adult