Article ; Online: Field Services-Facilitated Treatment and Prevention: Challenges and Opportunities.
2022 Volume 50, Issue 8S Suppl 1, Page(s) S48–S52
Abstract: Abstract: Assisted partner services (APS) is a longstanding public health strategy to reduce transmission of sexually transmitted infection (STI) and human immunodeficiency virus in the United States. However, with rapidly increasing rates of STI, ... ...
Abstract | Abstract: Assisted partner services (APS) is a longstanding public health strategy to reduce transmission of sexually transmitted infection (STI) and human immunodeficiency virus in the United States. However, with rapidly increasing rates of STI, innovations to APS are needed to allow health departments to conserve limited public health resources while improving the effectiveness of APS. Disease Intervention Specialists (DIS), public health staff who conduct APS, have a wealth of experience in identifying, locating, and interviewing index patients and their sexual partners, but are currently limited in the services that they are able to provide in the field. Although several state and local health departments are working to expand the role of DIS to incorporate less traditional APS activities, such programs are uncommon. We discuss several services that DIS could conceivably provide in the field, such as STI testing, treatment, and vaccination, and identify critical issues to be addressed to implement these changes in DIS activities on a larger scale. Broadening the scope of DIS activities may result in multiple benefits to health departments, including more effectively delivering STI testing and treatment to hard-to-reach populations, imparting more responsibility to DIS, thereby potentially increasing job satisfaction, and building a workforce that is better prepared for public health crises. Effective approaches to address variable state level regulations governing DIS scope of practice are needed. |
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MeSH term(s) | Humans ; United States/epidemiology ; Sexually Transmitted Diseases/diagnosis ; Sexually Transmitted Diseases/drug therapy ; Sexually Transmitted Diseases/prevention & control ; Public Health ; Sexual Partners ; Contact Tracing ; HIV Infections/drug therapy ; HIV Infections/prevention & control ; HIV Infections/epidemiology |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2022-12-17 |
Publishing country | United States |
Document type | Journal Article |
ZDB-ID | 435191-5 |
ISSN | 1537-4521 ; 0148-5717 |
ISSN (online) | 1537-4521 |
ISSN | 0148-5717 |
DOI | 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001757 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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