ArticleJournal of public health (Oxford, England)2017
Perceived barriers to partner notification among sexually transmitted infection clinic patients, Cape Town, South Africa.
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- Perspectives on voluntary assisted partner notification among providers, people with HIV and the general population in Indonesia: a formative qualitative study.BMC public health · 2021Article
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- Partner notification and treatment for sexually transmitted infections among pregnant women in Cape Town, South Africa.International journal of STD & AIDS · 2020Article
- Is HIV index testing and partner notification safe for adolescent girls and young women in low- and middle-income countries?Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2020Article
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- Assessing a Human Rights-Based Approach to HIV in Kenya.Health and human rights · 2019Article
- Management of sexual partners of pregnant women with syphilis in northeastern Brazil - a qualitative study.BMC health services research · 2019Article
- Syphilis incidence in men who have sex with men with human immunodeficiency virus comorbidity and the importance of integrating sexually transmitted infection prevention into HIV care.Expert review of anti-infective therapy · 2018Review
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Background: Public health approaches to sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention in resource-limited countries rely on patients to self-notify sex partners of their STI. However, a majority of partners go uninformed and remain untreated and infectious. Methods: Anonymous surveys collected from 776 men and women receiving STI clinic services in Cape Town, South Africa. Results: Half of patients surveyed intended to inform their partners, while half did not intend to notify partners. Women were more likely than men to intend to notify their partners. Patients who completed formal education were also more likely to indicate intentions to notify partners. There were no associations between numbers of partners patients had or partner types with intentions to notify partners. Among both men and women, concerns about adverse partner reactions were associated with intentions not to notify partners. Multivariable analyses stratified by gender and controlling for confounds showed that intentions to notify partners were significantly related to men's concerns that their partner could react violently against them and women's concerns that their partner may leave them and refuse to see them again. Conclusions: Interventions that assist patients to develop strategies to safely inform their partners are needed to increase patient-initiated partner notification.
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