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Attribution. Katie Newby; Kayleigh Kwah; Lauren Schumacher; Rik Crutzen; Julia V Bailey; Louise J Jackson et al. (2025). An interactive digital behaviour change intervention to decrease incidence of sexually transmitted infections among users of STI self-sampling websites: a feasibility RCT. National Institute for Health and Care Research. Copyright © 2025 Newby et al. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. NCBI Bookshelf NBK619012. CC BY 4.0. Original source ↗. Text reproduced from the Bookshelf XML without changing wording; figures, images and supplements are not reproduced.

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