inSPOT: The First Online STD Partner Notification System Using Electronic Postcards
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inSPOT: The First Online STD Partner Notification System Using Electronic Postcards
I n the United States there are 19 million new sexually transmitted disease (STD) cases diagnosed each year, including 900,000 reported cases of chlamydia, 330,000 reported cases of gonorrhea [1,2], and 55,400 estimated new HIV infections per year [3]. Notifying sexual partners of their potential exposure to an STD has been a mainstay of disease prevention and control since the 1930s [4]. Recen...
متن کاملPartner 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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means people at high risk of an STD, many of whom are unaware that they have been exposed, are contacted and encouraged to attend for screening and treatment. Partner notification endeavours to reduce the burden of asymptomatic disease in the community and shorten the average period of infectiousness for a given disease, in the expectation that this will reduce disease transmission within the p...
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BACKGROUND Little is known about the scope of current public health partner-notification (PN) activities in the United States. GOAL The goal of the study was to define what PN services U.S. health departments provide in areas with high STD/HIV-related morbidity. STUDY DESIGN The study involved a survey of STD program staff members in U.S. areas with the highest reported rates of infectious ...
متن کاملSTD screening, testing, case reporting, and clinical and partner notification practices: a national survey of US physicians.
OBJECTIVES This study presents results from a national survey of US physicians that assessed screening, case reporting, partner management, and clinical practices for syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and HIV infection. METHODS Surveys were mailed to a random sample of 7300 physicians to assess screening, testing, reporting, and partner notification for syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and HIV. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS Medicine
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1549-1676
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050213