Open AccessImpacts of Sexually Transmitted Disease/HIV Outreach Sites on the Effectiveness of Detecting New Infections in Baltimore City, 2015 to 2018
Author(s) -
Minh Phương Nguyễn,
Sophie Sembajwe,
Anne Rompalo,
Jonathan M. Zenilman
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.0000000000001262
Subject(s) - syphilis , outreach , medicine , sexually transmitted disease , odds , odds ratio , family medicine , logistic regression , demography , gerontology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , environmental health , sociology , political science , law
Effectiveness of sexually transmitted disease (STD)/HIV mobile van outreach programs has been shown to assist in identifying new cases of syphilis and HIV among high-risk populations. However, specific types of mobile outreach testing and their varying abilities to assist in STD/HIV case identification have not been thoroughly explored.