Open AccessAdapting Index/Partner Services for the Treatment of Chlamydia Among Young African American Men in a Community Screening Program
Author(s) -
Austin T. Jones,
Megan Clare Craig-Kuhn,
Norine Schmidt,
Gérard Gomes,
Glenis Scott,
Shan Watson,
Phazal Hines,
Javone Davis,
Alyssa M. Lederer,
David H. Martín,
Patricia Kissinger
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.0000000000001325
Subject(s) - medicine , contact tracing , partner notification , chlamydia trachomatis , chlamydia , intervention (counseling) , confidence interval , pharmacy , relative risk , index case , family medicine , asymptomatic , demography , gynecology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , syphilis , nursing , immunology , disease , covid-19 , sociology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Screening for asymptomatic Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct) among men has not been recommended because feasibility and efficacy are unknown. Check It is a seek-test-treat community-based Ct screening program for African American men who have sex with women and who are 15 to 24 years of age. This is an evaluation of adaptations made to the program aimed at improving index/partner notification and treatment rates.