ArticlePloS one2018
Partner notification outcomes after integration of an on-site disease intervention specialist at a sexually transmitted disease clinic.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled 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
- Implementation of a paraprofessional role across the public health sector in Manitoba: Impacts on system capacity.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2025Article
- Integration of Partner Notification Services at a Sexually Transmitted Infections Clinic.Rhode Island medical journal (2013) · 2024Article
- Unnamed Partners From Syphilis Partner Services Interviews, 7 Jurisdictions.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2020Review
- Challenges in evaluating the use of viral sequence data to identify HIV transmission networks for public health.Statistical communications in infectious diseases · 2020Article
- Partner Services Among HIV-Positive Adults Receiving Medical Care in the United States: Medical Monitoring Project, 2013-2014.AIDS patient care and STDs · 2020Article
- Phylodynamic Analysis Complements Partner Services by Identifying Acute and Unreported HIV Transmission.Viruses · 2020Article
- [Compliance with the partner notification of HIV/STI patients in the counties of Lleida].Revista espanola de salud publica · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundPartner notification services (PNS) are highly effective in reducing transmission of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). We assessed outcomes of PNS before and after integration of an on-site disease intervention specialist (DIS) at a publicly-funded STD clinic.
methodsFrom August 2014 to December 2015, patients testing positive for infectious syphilis or gonorrhea at the Rhode Island STD Clinic were referred to on-site DIS for partner notification. Data on PNS outcomes were reviewed for eight months before integration of DIS at the clinic and compared to eight months after.
resultsOf the 145 index patients referred for PNS during the study period (n = 58 before DIS integration, n = 87 after), 86% were interviewed. DIS integration resulted in a significantly greater proportion of index patients interviewed overall (92% versus 76%, p<0.01), on the day of diagnosis (85% versus 61%; p<0.01), and in person at the STD clinic (64% versus 11%; p<0.01). However, there was no significant difference in number of sexual partners named or treated.
conclusionsIntegrating DIS at a publicly-funded STD clinic resulted in a greater number of index cases interviewed, a greater number interviewed in person, and a greater number interviewed on the day of diagnosis. Challenges remain in identifying and engaging partners for treatment.
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