ArticleAmerican journal of public health2013
There's no place like home: first-year use of the "I Know" home testing program for chlamydia and gonorrhea.
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- What is the effectiveness of community-based health promotion campaigns on chlamydia screening uptake in young people and what barriers and facilitators have been identified? A mixed-methods systematic review.Sexually transmitted infections · 2022Pooled it
- Direct Access for Patients to Diagnostic Testing and Results Using eHealth: Systematic Review on eHealth and Diagnostics.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Pooled it
- Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Disease Screening Outside the Clinic--Implications for the Modern Sexually Transmitted Disease Program.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2016Pooled it
- Acceptability, Barriers, and Facilitators to Home-Based Syphilis Self-testing: A Scoping Review.AIDS and behavior · 2026Review
- Rapid Uptake of Testing for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and HIV From an Online Platform, April-October 2020.American journal of public health · 2022Article
- Diagnostic Tests for Detecting Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Rectal and Pharyngeal Specimens.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2022Review
- Differences in experiences of barriers to STI testing between clients of the internet-based diagnostic testing service GetCheckedOnline.com and an STI clinic in Vancouver, Canada.Sexually transmitted infections · 2019Article
- Acceptable interventions to reduce syphilis transmission among high-risk men who have sex with men in Los Angeles.American journal of public health · 2015Article
- Could home sexually transmitted infection specimen collection with e-prescription be a cost-effective strategy for clinical trials and clinical care?Sexually transmitted diseases · 2015Article
- Fully integrated e-services for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of sexually transmitted infections: results of a 4-county study in California.American journal of public health · 2014Article
- Evaluation of gonorrhea test of cure at 1 week in a Los Angeles community-based clinic serving men who have sex with men.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2014Article
- Control of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the era of evolving antimicrobial resistance.Infectious disease clinics of North America · 2013Review
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Abstract
In response to high chlamydia and gonorrhea morbidity, particularly among young African American and Latina women, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health launched a free home testing program for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae. The primary objectives were to increase chlamydia and gonorrhea testing by removing key barriers and to motivate young women to screen routinely for these sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). The program was promoted with a social marketing campaign urging women to order home collection kits online or by telephone. In the program's first year, 2927 kits were ordered and 1543 testable specimens returned; 131 women (8.5%) had a positive test result. The strong response, high morbidity, and program scalability indicated strong potential as a new tool for STD control.
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