Open AccessEstimating the Likely Public Health Impact of Partner Notification for a Clinical Service: An Evidence-Based Algorithm
Author(s) -
Catherine H Mercer,
Catherine Aicken,
M G Brook,
Claudia Estcourt,
Jackie A Cassell
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2011.300211
Subject(s) - casual , medicine , public health , transmission (telecommunications) , partner notification , interrupt , general partnership , chlamydia , epidemiology , demography , family medicine , nursing , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , computer science , telecommunications , business , immunology , materials science , syphilis , finance , sociology , composite material
We present the first evidence-based method for estimating public health and cost impacts of partner notification (PN) that takes account of sexual partnership type.