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To understand why this may be, to maximise service provision, the perceptions of young men and women about pharmacy testing and possible chlamydia treatment were gathered and interpreted.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Design<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Indepth, semistructured interviews.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Setting<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Four youth centres in North East England.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Participants<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The study included 26 young people aged 16\u201323. The sample of participants comprised those with a history of chlamydia testing as well as those never tested.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Interviews<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Face-to-face interviews were conducted between October 2018 and May 2019. The interview schedule covered young people\u2019s perceptions of sexually transmitted infections, provision of pharmacy sexual and reproductive health and chlamydia testing, and potential chlamydia treatment. Data from the interviews were subjected to thematic analysis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The geographical accessibility and long opening times of community pharmacies in North East England were perceived benefits of the service. However, young people had concerns about being judged by pharmacy staff or overheard by customers when requesting the test. Men did not want to be seen by their peers accessing the pharmacy. These barriers were associated with a perceived stigma of chlamydia. Despite this, young people thought that pharmacist advice on the test kit would be important to ensure they complete it correctly. Those never tested favoured how the kit could be taken home to complete the urine sample. The option of including chlamydia treatment was reported to be convenient and comforting.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Supporting pharmacies in North East England to offer a confidential chlamydia testing service is necessary to overcome young people\u2019s perceived barriers to testing. Delivering testing as an integrated sexual health package with other pharmacy services, together with treatment where suitable, will increase acceptance for testing and timely access to treatment.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjopen-2021-052228","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,9,6]],"date-time":"2021-09-06T12:37:42Z","timestamp":1630931862000},"page":"e052228","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Young people\u2019s perceptions of accessing a community pharmacy for a chlamydia testing kit: a qualitative study based in North East England"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5202-0204","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Lara","family":"Ahmaro","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Laura","family":"Lindsey","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Pharmacy and Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Simon","family":"Forrest","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of St Hild & St Bede, and Sociology Department, Durham University, Durham, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Cate","family":"Whittlesea","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Research Department of Practice and Policy, University College London, School of Pharmacy, London, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,9,6]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025121509494666000_11.9.e052228.1","unstructured":"Mitchell H , Hester A , Sonubi T . 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