The results of an initiative aimed at implementing evidence-based interventions to improve routine screening, testing, and treatment of bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among low-income people with or at risk of HIV are published in a new Supplement in the peer-reviewed journal AIDS Patient Care and STDs. Click here to read the issue now.
The Supplement, titled "Implementation of Evidence-Based Interventions to Improve Routine Sexually Transmitted Infection Screening, Testing, and Treatment in Primary HIV Care Clinics in Three Jurisdictions of the United States," presents the outcomes of a 3-year initiative funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Serviced HIV/AIDS Bureau and the Bureau of Primary Health Care. The interventions implemented included provider training, an audio computer-assisted self-interview sexual history, patient self-collection of C. trachomatis/N. gonorrhoeae nucleic acid amplification tests at urogenital and extragenital sites, sexual and gender minority clinic welcoming measures, and provider detailing.
The Supplement includes the following articles: "Evidence-Based Interventions Implemented into HIV Primary Care Clinics to Make Sexually Transmitted Infection Screening and Testing Routine: Outcomes of a Multi-Site Study"; "Automated Sexual History and Self-Collection of Extragenital Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Improve Detection of Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infections in People with HIV"; Comprehensive Sexually Transmitted Infection Screening and Testing Interventions in a Predominantly Heterosexual Population with HIV at a Health Center"; Facilitators and Barriers to the Implementation of Interventions in Washington, DC, to Improve Sexually Transmitted Infection Screening, Testing, and Treatment Among People with or at Risk of HIV"; "Impact of Implementing Welcoming Clinic Space Indicators on Sexual and Gender Minority Patients' Health Care Experience."
This issue was produced with support from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) and the Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC).
About the Journal
AIDS Patient Care and STDs is the leading peer-reviewed journal dedicated to diagnostics and therapeutics for providing optimal care for HIV/AIDS patients. Published monthly online with open access options and in print and online, the Journal spans the full spectrum of adult and pediatric HIV disease, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and education, enabling clinicians to keep pace with the latest developments in this evolving field. Complete tables of content and a sample issue may be viewed on the AIDS Patient Care and STDs website.
About the Publisher
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers is known for establishing authoritative peer-reviewed journals in many promising areas of science and biomedical research. A complete list of the firm's more than 100 journals and books is available on the Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers website.
