Prevalence and risk factors associated with STIs among women initiating contraceptive implants in Kingston, Jamaica

Conclusions
Although the prevalence of laboratory-confirmed STIs was high, the immediate initiation of a contraceptive implant was not associated with higher STI prevalence rates over 3 months.

Trial registration number
NCT01684358.

Source: Sexually Transmitted Infections - October 23, 2017 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Snead, M. C., Wiener, J., Ewumi, S., Phillips, C., Flowers, L., Hylton-Kong, T., Medley-Singh, N., Legardy-Williams, J., Costenbader, E., Papp, J., Warner, L., Black, C., Kourtis, A. P. Tags: Behaviour Source Type: research