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Partner notification
Partner notification is an essential part of case management for sexually transmitted infections. Done correctly it reduces persistent or recurrent infection in the index patient, identifies previously undiagnosed infections, and may thus contribute to reduced transmission in the population. The effectiveness of patient referral of partners can be enhanced through the provision of written infor...
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RELUCTANCE TO CONDUCT partner notification (PN) for HIV infection may be ebbing after nearly 20 years at high tide. Two studies appearing in this issue of the journal ought to accelerate the ebb.1,2 They provide evidence that HIV PN neither promotes risky sexual configurations nor partnership violence or dissolution. These imagined fears ought to be the last in a long line of untested scenarios...
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Codes of confidentiality play an essential role in the intimate discourses in many learned professions. Codes with various prescriptions exist. The Hippocratic Oath for example, prescribes rewards to the secret keeper, for keeping secret what ought to be kept secret, and punishments for failing. In public health practice, partner notification, arguably is one endeavor that tests the durability ...
متن کاملStrategies for partner notification for sexually transmitted infections, including HIV.
BACKGROUND Partner notification (PN) is the process whereby sexual partners of an index patient are informed of their exposure to a sexually transmitted infection (STI) and the need to obtain treatment. For the person (index patient) with a curable STI, PN aims to eradicate infection and prevent re-infection. For sexual partners, PN aims to identify and treat undiagnosed STIs. At the level of s...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0148-5717
DOI: 10.1097/olq.0000000000000060