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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"partner notification"”.
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Strategies for sexually transmitted infection partner notification
… One component of the process of STI control is partner notification: a process whereby the sexual partners of patients who have been diagnosed with an STI are informed of their exposure to infection and of the importance of obtaining effective treatment. Partner notification is one of the two …
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Assisted Partner Notification for HIV: a qualitative study of providers and female patients perspectives and experiences of assisted partner notification in Cape Town, South Africa
Background Assisted partner notification (APN) is a partner notification approach where trained providers assist individuals newly diagnosed with HIV to notify their partners and then link these partners to testing and treatment services. APN has been found to be more effective at increasing …
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Exploring motivation to notify and barriers to partner notification of sexually transmitted infections in South Africa
… counselling sessions to explore barriers to partner notification for men and women who have contracted sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in a township community in South Africa. It will further assess the intervention's impact on participants' motivation and skills to notify their …
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Sexual networks of individuals infected with sexually transmitted infections: Structure and disease transmission
… and social network analysis. Routine partner notification data, supplemented with more detailed voluntary information, was collected from individuals diagnosed with, or exposed to a STI in Manitoba. Groups of individuals were identified (n=2,508), and their profiles described. Larger …
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Investigation of Infectious Disease Associations with Cognitive Impairment using Electronic Medical Records
… infection screening, treatment completion, and partner notification programs could be feasible targets to lessen the impact of cognitive impairment.
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Exploring factors causing the high incidence of sexually transmitted infections in the township of Du Noon
… Results: Cultural beliefs, having multiple partners, lack of partner notification, alcohol consumption and lack of condom usage were found to be the main contributing factors to the high incidence of STIs. Sex education at schools appear to be lacking or not in sufficient detail to inform …
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Recent HIV seroconversion at time of first positive test : a comparison before and after HIV reportability
… anti-HIV assay was employed to evaluate enhanced partner notification by comparing the proportion of newly diagnosed cases of HIV presenting within 6 months of becoming infected before and after HIV Reporting. Methods: Banked HIV positive samples, collected between 1 Jan 2000– 30 Apr 2003 …
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Prevalence and quality of syndromic diagnosis of sexually transmitted infections within the Kisumu incidence cohort study in Kisumu, Kenya
… STI clinics as opposed to research studies. Partner notification is an integral component of the syndromic approach and is aimed at preventing onward transmission of infection as well as re-infection. It includes informing sexual partners of infected people of their exposure, administering …
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Characteristics of Male Partners Accessing Assisted Partner Services in Western Kenya
… notifying and testing sexual or drug injecting partners of people living with HIV (PLHIV) also known as index participants. Using data from an implementation science study in Western Kenya, we aim to analyze the characteristics in HIV exposed male partners named by female index participants to …