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Chapter 7 - Screening in Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare

from Section 1 - Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Public Health Aspects and Prevention in Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 January 2024

By
Rolf Kirschner ,
Harald Moi  and
Gilbert G. G. Donders
Edited by
Johannes Bitzer  and
Tahir A. Mahmood
Johannes Bitzer
Affiliation:
University Women's Hospital, Basel
Tahir A. Mahmood
Affiliation:
Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy
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Summary

The World Health Organization (WHO) defines screening as the presumptive identification of unrecognized disease in an apparently healthy, asymptomatic population by means of tests, examinations or other procedures that can be applied rapidly and easily to the target population. When applied to sexual and reproductive healthcare, screening entails a routine of clinical, bacteriological, virological, microscopic and other special assessments to asymptomatic individuals of both genders.

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Textbook of Contraception, Sexual and Reproductive Health , pp. 46 - 48
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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