Trial reportAmerican journal of public health2009
A randomized controlled trial for reducing risks for sexually transmitted infections through enhanced patient-based partner notification.
Trial report in American journal of public health, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 53 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Effectiveness of Contact Tracing to Reduce Transmission of Infectious Diseases During Epidemic or Pandemic Response: Rapid Systematic Review.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2026Pooled it
- Assessing complex interventions: a systematic review of outcomes used in randomised controlled trials on STI partner notification in high-income countries.BMC public health · 2023Pooled it
- Sexually Transmitted Infections Treatment Guidelines, 2021.MMWR. Recommendations and reports : Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Recommendations and reports · 2021Guideline
- Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines, 2015.MMWR. Recommendations and reports : Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Recommendations and reports · 2015Guideline
- Strategies for partner notification for sexually transmitted infections, including HIV.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013Pooled it
- Efficacy of behavioral interventions to increase condom use and reduce sexually transmitted infections: a meta-analysis, 1991 to 2010.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2011Pooled it
- Randomized controlled trials of interventions to prevent sexually transmitted infections: learning from the past to plan for the future.Epidemiologic reviews · 2010Pooled it
- Effects of enhanced STI partner notification counselling and provider-assisted partner services on partner referral and the incidence of STI diagnosis in Cape Town, South Africa: randomised controlled trial.Sexually transmitted infections · 2021Trial
- HIV and sexually transmitted infection risk behaviors and beliefs among Black West Indian immigrants and US-born Blacks.American journal of public health · 2008Trial
- Socio-psychological determinants of scabies contact notification among Dutch students: A qualitative study.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- The Management of Gonorrhea in the Era of Emerging Antimicrobial Resistance: What Primary Care Clinicians Should Know.The Medical clinics of North America · 2024Review
- Brazilian Protocol for Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2020: infections that cause cervicitis.Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical · 2021Article
- [Compliance with the partner notification of HIV/STI patients in the counties of Lleida].Revista espanola de salud publica · 2019Article
- Evolving Models and Ongoing Challenges for HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis Implementation in the United States.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2018Review
- Public health opportunities and challenges in the provision of partner notification services: the New England experience.BMC health services research · 2018Article
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- Partner Services in Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention Programs: A Review.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2016Review
- "Manejar la Situacion": Partner Notification, Partner Management, and Conceptual Frameworks for HIV/STI Control Among MSM in Peru.AIDS and behavior · 2015Article
- Barbershop Talk With Brothers: using community-based participatory research to develop and pilot test a program to reduce HIV risk among Black heterosexual men.AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education · 2014Article
- Partner notification.Medicine (Abingdon, England : UK ed.) · 2014Review
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Abstract
objectivesWe sought to assess the effectiveness of approaches targeting improved sexually transmitted infection (STI) sexual partner notification through patient referral.
methodsFrom January 2002 through December 2004, 600 patients with Neisseria gonorrhoeae or Chlamydia trachomatis were recruited from STI clinics and randomly assigned to either a standard-of-care group or a group that was counseled at the time of diagnosis and given additional follow-up contact. Participants completed an interview at baseline, 1 month, and 6 months and were checked at 6 months for gonorrhea or chlamydial infection via nucleic acid amplification testing of urine.
resultsProgram participants were more likely to report sexual partner notification at 1 month (86% control, 92% intervention; adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 1.8; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.02, 3.0) and were more likely to report no unprotected sexual intercourse at 6 months (38% control, 48% intervention; AOR = 1.5; 95% CI = 1.1, 2.1). Gonorrhea or chlamydial infection was detected in 6% of intervention and 11% of control participants at follow-up (AOR = 2.2; 95% CI = 1.1, 4.1), with greatest benefits seen among men (for gender interaction, P = .03).
conclusionsThis patient-based sexual partner notification program can help reduce risks for subsequent STIs among urban, minority patients presenting for care at STI clinics.
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