ReviewSexually transmitted diseases2016
Partner Services in Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention Programs: A Review.
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34 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 60 citations in OpenAlex.
- Economic Outcomes of Disease Intervention Specialist-Delivered Interventions for Sexually Transmitted Infections: A Systematic Review.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2025Pooled 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
- A Systematic Review of the Social Network Strategy to Optimize HIV Testing in Key Populations to End the Epidemic in the United States.AIDS and behavior · 2021Pooled it
- Perspectives on male partner notification and treatment for syphilis among antenatal women and their partners in Kampala and Wakiso districts, Uganda.BMC infectious diseases · 2019Trial
- Traditional and Web-Based Technologies to Improve Partner Notification Following Syphilis Diagnosis Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Lima, Peru: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2018Trial
- HIV status disclosure during acute HIV infection in Malawi.PloS one · 2018Trial
- Expedited Partner Therapy (EPT) increases the frequency of partner notification among MSM in Lima, Peru: a pilot randomized controlled trial.BMC medicine · 2017Trial
- What do Providers and Community Members Think About Disease Intervention Specialists?: Provider and Community Member Assessments in New York City.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2026Article
- Assessing Syphilis Partner Services in Georgia (2013-2024): Effectiveness in Partner Notification and Impact on Reinfection.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2026Article
- Mapping evidence on youth experiences and practices on partner notification for sexually transmitted infections in sub-Saharan Africa: scoping review.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2026Review
- A qualitative exploration of sexually transmitted infection (STI) partner notification preferences and practices among women planning for pregnancy and offered HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in Durban, South Africa.BMC public health · 2025Article
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- COVID-19, HIV, and Syphilis Contact Tracing: What Have We Learned and Where Are We Headed?Sexually transmitted diseases · 2023Article
- Creating a Sexually Transmitted Infection Disease Intervention Workforce for the 21st Century.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2023Article
- Field Services-Facilitated Treatment and Prevention: Challenges and Opportunities.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2023Article
- Extent and sufficiency of STD/HIV disease intervention specialists in the United States of America, 2016.Sexual health · 2021Article
- Peer Mobilization and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Partner Notification Services Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men and Transgender Women in Coastal Kenya Identified a High Number of Undiagnosed HIV Infections.Open forum infectious diseases · 2021Article
- COVID-19 Case Investigation and Contact Tracing in the US, 2020.JAMA network open · 2021Article
- Incorporating Within-Host Diversity in Phylogenetic Analyses for Detecting Clusters of New HIV Diagnoses.Frontiers in microbiology · 2021Article
- Brazilian Protocol for Sexually Transmitted Infections 2020: human papillomavirus (HPV) infection.Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundPartner services have been a mainstay of public health sexually transmitted disease (STD) prevention programs for decades. The principal goals are to interrupt transmission and reduce STD morbidity and sequelae. In this article, we review current literature with the goal of informing STD prevention programs.
methodsWe searched the literature for systematic reviews. We found 9 reviews published between 2005 and 2014 (covering 108 studies). The reviews varied by study inclusion criteria (e.g., study methods, geographic location, and infections). We abstracted major conclusions and recommendations from the reviews.
resultsConclusions and recommendations were divided into patient referral interventions and provider referral interventions. For patient referral, there was evidence supporting the use of expedited partner therapy and interactive counseling, but not purely didactic instruction. Provider referral through Disease Intervention Specialists was efficacious and particularly well supported for HIV. For other studies, modeling data and testing outcomes showed that partner notification in general reached high-prevalence populations. Reviews also suggested more focus on using technology and population-level implementation strategies. However, partner services may not be the most efficient means to reach infected persons.
conclusionsPartner services programs constitute a large proportion of program STD prevention activities. Value is maximized by balancing a portfolio of patient and provider referral interventions and by blending partner notification interventions with other STD prevention interventions in overall partner services program structure. Sexually transmitted disease prevention needs program-level research and development to generate this portfolio.
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