Letter to the Editor: Syphilis and disadvantage in rural communities

Title
Letter to the Editor: Syphilis and disadvantage in rural communities
Publication Date
2008
Author(s)
Fisher, Karin Anne
Hussain, Rafat
Jamieson, Maggie
Minichiello, Victor
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd
Place of publication
United Kingdom
DOI
10.1258/ijsa.2007.007310
UNE publication id
une:3957
Abstract
Although research recognizes the association between socioeconomic gradients and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), the role of social capital, social cohesion and social networks in the spread of STIs, there is very little information of the association between socioeconomic status and STIs. In a study in an area health service in Northern New South Wales, Australia a sample of 254 syphilis notifications over an 11 year period from 1994 to 2004 was used to examine if there was a relationship between socioeconomic status and syphilis notifications. An area-based measure, aggregated from census information was used as a proxy to assess the socioeconomic position of people and small areas. Data was divided into three equal groupings called tertiles and were identified as low, medium and high disadvantage.
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Citation
International Journal of STD & AIDS, 19(3), p. 215-215
ISSN
1758-1052
0956-4624
Start page
215
End page
215

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