Chlamydia trachomatis infections in multi-ethnic urban youth: a pilot combining STI health education and outreach testing in Rotterdam, Netherlands

Background/objectives: Testing for Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct) is less accepted in people of non-Dutch ethnicity than Dutch people. We offered additional Ct and gonorrhoea testing through our outreach sexually transmitted infections (STI) prevention programme to determine whether this intervention strategy is feasible and efficient. Methods: Outreach workers offered test kits to women and men aged 15–29 years, in group and street settings and in a vocational training school. Demographic and behavioural data and characteristics of non-responders were assessed. DNA was isolated (using the MagNA P... Mehr ...