Dr. Kristen Leigh Hess D.O.
Family Practitioner
145 N 6th St Reading PA, 19601About
Dr. Kristen Hess is a family practitioner practicing in Reading, PA. Dr. Hess specializes in comprehensive health care for people of all ages. In addition to diagnosing and treating illnesses, family practitioners also put focus on preventative care with routine checkups, tests and personalized coaching on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Dr. Hess possesses immense general knowledge on maintaining health and today, family practitioners provide more care for the underserved and rural populations than any other medical specialty.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Intimate partner violence and sexually transmitted infections among young adult women.
- Use of the location-based social networking application GRINDR as a recruitment tool in rectal microbicide development research.
- Intimate partner violence and anal intercourse in young adult heterosexual relationships.
- Intravaginal practices and risk of bacterial vaginosis and candidiasis infection among a cohort of women in the United States.
- Heterosexual anal intercourse among men in Long Beach, California.
- Sensitivity and specificity of point-of-care rapid combination syphilis-HIV-HCV tests.
- HIV Risk, prevention, and testing behaviors among heterosexuals at increased risk for HIV infection--National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System, 21 U.S. cities, 2010.
- Binge drinking and risky sexual behavior among HIV-negative and unknown HIV status men who have sex with men, 20 US cities.
- Comparison of Rapid Point-of-Care Tests for Detection of Antibodies to Hepatitis C Virus.
- Prevalence and Correlates of Heterosexual Anal Intercourse Among Men and Women, 20 U.S. Cities.
- Psychometric Properties of the Milestones of Recovery Scale-Older Adult Version.
- Motivations for Intravaginal Product Use among a Cohort of Women in Los Angeles.
- Exchange Sex and HIV Infection Among Men Who Have Sex with Men: 20 US Cities, 2011.
- Syphilis Trends among Men Who Have Sex with Men in the United States and Western Europe: A Systematic Review of Trend Studies Published between 2004 and 2015.
- Vital Signs: Trends in HIV Diagnoses, Risk Behaviors, and Prevention Among Persons Who Inject Drugs - United States.
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