Review: partner notification interventions can reduce sexually transmitted infections.
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Partner notification for sexually transmitted diseases in Peru: knowledge, attitudes, and practices in a high-risk community.
OBJECTIVES Notification and treatment of sex partners after diagnosis of a sexually transmitted disease (STD) is essential to reduce reinfection and further transmission. GOAL The goal of this study was to determine the prevalence of partner notification and subsequent health-seeking behavior in a high-risk population in Lima, Peru. STUDY DESIGN STD-infected participants of an HIV/STD preve...
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Partner notification and contact tracing are well-established public health interventions designed to reduce the incidence of new cases of sexually transmitted diseases. The idea behind such programs is to inform the sexual and drug-using contacts of infected patients of their potential exposure so that the chain of infection can be broken. After researchers discovered that HIV could be transmi...
متن کاملPartner notification
Partner notification is an essential part of case management for sexually transmitted infections. Done correctly it reduces persistent or recurrent infection in the index patient, identifies previously undiagnosed infections, and may thus contribute to reduced transmission in the population. The effectiveness of patient referral of partners can be enhanced through the provision of written infor...
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BACKGROUND The feasibility and acceptability of partner notification (PN) for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in developing countries was assessed through a comprehensive literature review, to help identify future intervention needs. METHODS The Medline, Embase, and Google Scholar databases were searched to identify studies published between January 1995 and December 2007 on STI PN in ...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- ACP journal club
دوره 147 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007