Open AccessCommunity-based Implementation of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Recommended Screening for Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Youth at High Risk for HIV Infection in Los Angeles and New Orleans
Author(s) -
Sung–Jae Lee,
Manuel A. Ocasio,
Cameron Goldbeck,
Maryann Koussa,
W. Scott Comulada,
Dallas Swendeman,
Jeffrey D. Klausner,
Mary Jane RotheramBorus
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/olq.0000000000001171
Subject(s) - medicine , chlamydia trachomatis , neisseria gonorrhoeae , sexually transmitted disease , disease control , chlamydia , gonorrhea , pelvic inflammatory disease , disease , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , family medicine , gerontology , environmental health , gynecology , syphilis , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
We examined whether the implementation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recommended screening of Chlamydia trachomatis/Neisseria gonorrhoeae with proactive follow-up among high-risk youth recruited from community and clinic settings reduced future C. trachomatis/N. gonorrhoeae diagnoses. After the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recommendations demonstrated a 41% decline in sexually transmitted infections; 3 tests in 1 year resulted in a 10% decline.