Open AccessImpact of the Community-Wide Adolescent Health Project on Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing in Omaha, Nebraska
Author(s) -
Melissa Tibbits,
Shan Maloney,
Tambudzai Phiri Ndashe,
Brandon Grimm,
Patrik Johansson,
Mohammad Siahpush
Publication year - 2018
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.2018.304391
Subject(s) - medicine , environmental health , public health , sexually transmitted disease , demography , gerontology , family medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , nursing , syphilis , sociology
We describe the impact of the Adolescent Health Project on sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing in Omaha, NE, during phase 1 (media campaigns) and phase 2 (free STI testing). To assess the impact of each phase on STI testing, we examined monthly data from January 2013 to April 2017 via interrupted time series analyses. There was an immediate and statistically significant increase in testing during phase 2. Expanding and advertising free STI testing is a promising approach to increasing testing.