ArticleSexually transmitted diseases2010
Improving partner services by embedding disease intervention specialists in HIV-clinics.
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- 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
- Disease Intervention Specialist-Delivered Interventions and Other Partner Services for HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections: A Systematic Review.American journal of preventive medicine · 2025Pooled it
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- Incorporation of Social Determinants of Health in the Peer-Reviewed Literature: A Systematic Review of Articles Authored by the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention.Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)Pooled it
- Disease Intervention Specialist Education for the Future: An Analysis of Public Health Curricula.Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) · 2018Article
- Partner notification outcomes after integration of an on-site disease intervention specialist at a sexually transmitted disease clinic.PloS one · 2018Article
- Comparison of In-Person Versus Telephone Interviews for Early Syphilis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Partner Services in King County, Washington (2010-2014).Sexually transmitted diseases · 2017Article
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- Syphilis Time to Treatment at Publicly Funded Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinics Versus Non-Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinics--Maricopa and Pima Counties, Arizona, 2009-2012.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2016Article
- Sexual partner notification of HIV infection among a National United States-based sample of HIV-infected men.AIDS and behavior · 2014Article
- Would targeting increase efficiency of syphilis partner services programs?--Data from New York City, Philadelphia, Texas, and Virginia.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2014Article
- Identifying syphilis risk networks through venue attendance in San Francisco.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2014Article
- Gonorrhea infections diagnosed among persons living with HIV/AIDS: identifying opportunities for integrated prevention services in New York City, Washington, DC, Miami/Dade County, and Arizona.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2013Article
- Developing a predictive model to prioritize human immunodeficiency virus partner notification in North Carolina.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2012Article
- Viral loads among young HIV-infected men with early syphilis.Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS CareArticle
- Impact of a New York City Health Department initiative to expand HIV partner services outside STD clinics.Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)Article
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BACKGROUND/
objectivesNotifying partners of HIV-infected persons and referring them for testing and treatment is an effective method of disease control and identification of undiagnosed STD and/or HIV. To improve partner elicitation interviews, disease intervention specialists (DIS) were placed in 3 HIV clinics during 2008 and 2009.
methodsWe reviewed the Arizona state STD surveillance database for 2007 to identify the providers (outside of the public STD clinics) reporting the highest number of syphilis cases. DIS were placed in the clinics for half a day per week (2 clinics) or on an on-call basis (1 clinic) to deliver penicillin and interview patients. We calculated changes in the number of patients interviewed, days elapsed from specimen collection to treatment (time to treatment), days elapsed from specimen collection to initial DIS contact (time to interview), and number of reported and locatable partners from these 3 clinics before and after the clinic placement of DIS.
resultsBefore the placement of clinic-based DIS, 219 syphilis cases were diagnosed at the 3 clinics (January 2006 through January 2008). After DIS placement, 115 syphilis cases were diagnosed (February 2008 through September 2009) for a total of 334 cases in this analysis. A greater percent of patients completed a partner elicitation interview during the period of DIS placement (94% after vs. 81% before, P = 0.001). There were increases in the average number of locatable partners (1.1 after vs. 0.6 before, P = 0.004) and an increase in the average number of partners exposed and brought to treatment (CDC Disposition A) or infected and brought to treatment (CDC Disposition C) (0.6 after vs. 0.3 before, P = 0.02), and the time to interview decreased (18 days before vs. 9 days after, P = 0.02). CONCLUSIONS/IMPLICATIONS: Placing DIS within community HIV clinics improved partner services. STD and/or HIV programs should consider this method to improve partner notification.
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