2012 BASHH statement on partner notification for sexually transmissible infections.

BASHH statement on partner notification for sexually transmissible infections

Public health policies and management strategies for genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection

Genital Chlamydia trachomatis is a sexually transmissible bacterial infection that is asymptomatic in the majority of infected individuals and is associated with significant short-term and long-term morbidity. The population prevalence of the infection appears to be increasing. C. trachomatis is of public health significance because of the impacts of untreated disease on reproductive outcomes, ...

National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System surveillance report: Sexually transmissible infections in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Notification data, for selected STIs, extracted from the Nationally Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) as at 17 September 2015 were used for the analyses. HIV notification data, collected through the National HIV Registry, were sourced from the 2015 annual surveillance reports from the Kirby Institute.4 NatioNal Notifiable Diseases surveillaNce system surveillaNce report: sexually ...

The role of self-efficacy and relationship quality in partner notification by adolescents with sexually transmitted infections.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the role of self-efficacy, anticipated negative consequences, and relationship quality in patient-initiated sex partner notification following treatment for sexually transmitted infections. SUBJECTS Two hundred forty-one 13- to 20-year-old subjects (83% women; 83% African American) diagnosed with gonorrhea, chlamydia, trichomonas, or nongonococcal urethritis. Subjects we...

Partner notification for sexually transmitted infections in the modern world: a practitioner perspective on challenges and opportunities

INTRODUCTION Our aim is to provide a practitioner perspective on approaches to partner notification (PN)dsome old, some newdwhich may improve the control of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV, in a variety of settings. PN services support patients with STI/HIV in the difficult task of informing often unsuspecting partnersdpast or presentdof their possible exposure to an STI a...