ArticleThe Journal of pediatrics2016
Universal Screening for Sexually Transmitted Infections among Asymptomatic Adolescents in an Urban Emergency Department: High Acceptance but Low Prevalence of Infection.
Article in The Journal of pediatrics, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 23 papers.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
An Emergency Department-Based Study to Reduce Adolescent Pregnancy
Sexual Behavior: Challenges in Prevention and Control Among Medical Students in Mexico
Who cites it
23 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.
- A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Digital Patient Decision Tool to Increase Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing in the Emergency Department.Annals of emergency medicine · 2026Trial
- Electronic Screening for Adolescent Risk Behaviors in the Emergency Department: A Randomized Controlled Trial.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2022Trial
- Brief Motivational Intervention to Improve Adolescent Sexual Health Service Uptake: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial in the Emergency Department.The Journal of pediatrics · 2021Trial
- A Computerized Sexual Health Survey Improves Testing for Sexually Transmitted Infection in a Pediatric Emergency Department.The Journal of pediatrics · 2017Trial
- Comparison of Emergency Department Patients with Salpingitis and Oophoritis with and without Documented Social Determinants of Health.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2026Article
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- Leading the way in pediatric sexual health screenings: evaluating pediatric emergency department workflows for the integration of STI screening tools.Frontiers in health services · 2025Article
- A Digital Sexual Health Intervention for Urban Adolescent and Young Adult Male Emergency Department Patients: User-Centered Design Approach.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- Sexually transmitted infection testing and diagnosis in adolescents and young adults with sickle cell disease.Pediatric blood & cancer · 2024Article
- Testing trends and co-testing patterns for HIV, hepatitis C and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Emergency departments.Preventive medicine reports · 2024Article
- Expanding Contraceptive Access for Teens-Leveraging the Pediatric Emergency Department.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2023Article
- Pilot testing the effectiveness of whether a survey-driven tablet-based intervention increased willingness of Black women to attend to an initial PrEP clinic visit: The protocol for the pilot randomized controlled trial design and methods.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2022Article
- Cost-effectiveness of Sexually Transmitted Infection Screening for Adolescents and Young Adults in the Pediatric Emergency Department.JAMA pediatrics · 2021Article
- Adolescent Attitudes Toward Sexually Transmitted Infection Screening in the Emergency Department.Pediatric emergency care · 2020Article
- Adolescent Sexual Behavior and Emergency Department Use.Pediatric emergency care · 2020Article
- Sex Without Contraceptives in a Multicenter Study of Adolescent Emergency Department Patients.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2020Article
- A Research Agenda for Emergency Medicine-based Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2019Article
- Effectiveness of a Quality Improvement Intervention to Improve Rates of Routine Chlamydia Trachomatis Screening in Female Adolescents Seeking Primary Preventive Care.Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology · 2019Observational
- Physician Adherence to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guidelines for Sexually Active Adolescents in the Pediatric Emergency Setting.Pediatric emergency care · 2018Article
- Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing in Adolescents: Current Practices in the Hospital Setting.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo evaluate acceptance of sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening and measure STI prevalence in an asymptomatic adolescent emergency department (ED) population. STUDY
designThis was a prospectively enrolled cross-sectional study of 14- to 21-year-old patients who sought care at an urban pediatric ED with non-STI related complaints. Participants completed a computer-assisted questionnaire to collect demographic and behavioral data and were asked to provide a urine sample to screen for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection. We calculated STI screening acceptance and STI prevalence. We used logistic regression to identify factors associated with screening acceptance and presence of infection.
resultsOf 553 enrolled patients, 326 (59.0%) agreed to be screened for STIs. STI screening acceptability was associated with having public health insurance (aOR 1.7; 1.1, 2.5) and being sexually active (sexually active but denying high risk activity [aOR 1.7; 1.1, 2.5]; sexually active and reporting high risk activity [aOR 2.6; 1.5, 4.6]). Sixteen patients (4.9%; 95% CI 2.6, 7.3) had an asymptomatic STI. High-risk sexual behavior (aOR 7.2; 1.4, 37.7) and preferential use of the ED rather than primary care for acute medical needs (aOR 4.0; 1.3, 12.3) were associated with STI.
conclusionsSTI screening is acceptable to adolescents in the ED, especially among those who declare sexual experience. Overall, there was a low prevalence of asymptomatic STI. Risk of STI was higher among youth engaging in high-risk sexual behavior and those relying on the ED for acute health care access. Targeted screening interventions may be more efficient than universal screening for STI detection in the ED.
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