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Trial reportBMC infectious diseases2013

STI in remote communities: improved and enhanced primary health care (STRIVE) study protocol: a cluster randomised controlled trial comparing 'usual practice' STI care to enhanced care in remote primary health care services in Australia.

James Ward, Skye McGregor, Rebecca J Guy, Alice R Rumbold, Linda Garton, Bronwyn J Silver, Debbie Taylor-Thomson, Belinda Hengel, Janet Knox, Amalie Dyda and 11 more

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Trial report in BMC infectious diseases, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors at 10 institutions in 1 country.

James WardBaker IDI, Alice Springs, Northern Territory 0870, Australia. jward@bakeridi.edu.au.
Skye McGregor
Rebecca J Guy
Alice R Rumbold
Linda Garton
Bronwyn J Silver
Debbie Taylor-Thomson
Belinda Hengel
Janet Knox
Amalie Dyda
Matthew G Law
Handan Wand
Basil Donovan
Christopher K Fairley
Steven Skov
Donna Ah Chee
John Boffa
David Glance
Robyn McDermott
Lisa Maher
John M Kaldor
UNSW Sydney · AUCentral Land Council · AUMenzies School of Health Research · AUAboriginal Health Council of South Australia · AUBaker Heart and Diabetes Institute · AUGovernment of Western Australia Department of Health · AUMelbourne Sexual Health Centre · AUUniversity of Adelaide · AUUniversity of South Australia · AUUniversity of Western Australia · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDespite two decades of interventions, rates of sexually transmissible infections (STI) in remote Australian Aboriginal communities remain unacceptably high. Routine notifications data from 2011 indicate rates of chlamydia and gonorrhoea among Aboriginal people in remote settings were 8 and 61 times higher respectively than in the non-Indigenous population. METHODS/

designSTRIVE is a stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial designed to compare a sexual health quality improvement program (SHQIP) to usual STI clinical care delivered in remote primary health care services. The SHQIP is a multifaceted intervention comprising annual assessments of sexual health service delivery, implementation of a sexual health action plan, six-monthly clinical service activity data reports, regular feedback meetings with a regional coordinator, training and financial incentive payments. The trial clusters comprise either a single community or several communities grouped together based on geographic proximity and cultural ties. The primary outcomes are: prevalence of chlamydia, gonorrhoea and trichomonas in Aboriginal residents aged 16-34 years, and performance in clinical management of STIs based on best practice indicators. STRIVE will be conducted over five years comprising one and a half years of trial initiation and community consultation, three years of trial conditions, and a half year of data analysis. The trial was initiated in 68 remote Aboriginal health services in the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia. DISCUSSION: STRIVE is the first cluster randomised trial in STI care in remote Aboriginal health services. The trial will provide evidence to inform future culturally appropriate STI clinical care and control strategies in communities with high STI rates.

trial registrationAustralian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12610000358044.

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AdolescentAdultAustraliaFemaleHumansMalePrimary Health CareProgram EvaluationResearch DesignRural HealthSexually Transmitted DiseasesYoung Adult

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PMID24016143
PMCPMC3847940
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