SynthesisSexually transmitted diseases2015
Next-Generation Methods for HIV Partner Services: A Systematic Review.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
- 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
- HIV Response Interventions that Integrate HIV Molecular Cluster and Social Network Analysis: A Systematic Review.AIDS and behavior · 2022Pooled it
- Low male partner attendance after syphilis screening in pregnant women leads to worse birth outcomes: the Syphilis Treatment of Partners (STOP) randomised control trial.Sexual health · 2020Trial
- Initial and Subsequent Engagement of Recently Diagnosed Persons Living with HIV in Contact Tracing Interviews Conducted by Public Health Practitioners.AIDS and behavior · 2025Article
- Digital interventions for STI and HIV partner notification: a scoping review.Sexually transmitted infections · 2024Article
- Two Models for Increasing the Scope and Activities of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Partner Services Programs: Preliminary Findings From the Fast Track Project.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2023Article
- A qualitative study of healthcare providers' attitudes toward assisted partner notification for people with HIV in Indonesia.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- HIV Testing Program Activities and Challenges in Four U.S. Urban Areas.AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education · 2022Article
- Intersection of Syphilis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Networks to Identify Opportunities to Enhance HIV Prevention.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2022Article
- An Evaluation of the Text Illness Monitoring (TIM) Platform for COVID-19: Cross-sectional Online Survey of Public Health Users.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2022Article
- Attitudes and Perceptions About Disclosing HIV and Syphilis Results Using Smarttest, a Smartphone App Dedicated to Self- and Partner Testing.AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education · 2021Article
- Giving syphilis and gonorrhea to friends: using in-person friendship networks to find additional cases of gonorrhea and syphilis.BMC public health · 2020Article
- Contact tracing for hepatitis C: The case for novel screening strategies as we strive for viral elimination.The International journal on drug policy · 2019Article
- A Comparison of Syphilis Partner Notification Outcomes by Reported Use of Internet-based Apps to Meet Sex Partners in North Carolina, 2013-2016.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2018Article
- Web 2.0 Tools in the Prevention of Curable Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2018Article
- Partner notification in cooperation with community-based organizations among HIV-positive men who have sex with men in two Chinese cities.International journal of STD & AIDS · 2016Article
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Partner notification is a widely accepted method whose intent is to limit onward HIV transmission. With increasing use of new technologies such as text messaging, e-mail, and social network sites, there is growing interest in using these techniques for "next-generation" HIV partner services (PS). We conducted a systematic review to assess the use and effectiveness of these technologies in HIV PS. Our literature search resulted in 1343 citations, with 7 meeting inclusion criteria. We found programs in 2 domains: (1) Public Health Department usage of new technologies to augment traditional partner notification (n = 3) and (2) patient or provider-led usage of partner notification Web sites (n = 4) The health department-based efforts showed an ability to find new cases in a previously unreachable population but in the limited comparisons to traditional PS had a lower rate of successful contact. Usage data from the partner notification Web sites revealed a high total number of e-notifications sent, with less than 10% of cards sent for HIV. Clear evidence on outcomes and directly traceable utilization for these Web services was lacking. When given a choice, most clients chose to send e-notifications via text versus e-mail. Although successful notification may be lower overall, use of next-generation services provides an avenue to contact those who would previously have been untraceable. Additional research is needed to determine to what extent technology-enhanced PS improves the identification of newly infected persons as well as the initiation of new prevention interventions for HIV-negative clients within high-risk networks.
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