STD Partner Notification and Referral In Primary Level Health Centers in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Date
1995Author
Njeru, E.K
Eldridge, G
Ngugi, Elizabeth N
Plummer, F.A
Moses, S
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BACKGROUND:
Controlling sexually transmitted diseases requires that partners of patients with a sexually transmitted disease be notified and treated. However, many countries in the developing world lack the infrastructure and resources for effective partner referral.
GOAL OF THIS STUDY:
To provide information on rates of partner referral in primary-level health centers in Kenya, to identify characteristics of patients with sexually transmitted diseases who inform their partners about the need for treatment, and to evaluate the impact of a brief counseling intervention on rates of partner notification.
STUDY DESIGN:
Two-hundred-fifty-four patients presenting for treatment of a sexually transmitted disease were given 5 to 10 minutes of additional counseling on the importance of referring partners for sexually transmitted disease treatment. All patients who returned for follow-up 1 week later were interviewed to determine whether they had notified their sex partners.
RESULTS:
Sixty-eight percent of patients who returned for follow-up reported they had referred their partners for treatment of a sexually transmitted disease. The highest rates of partner notification occurred among women attending maternal child health/family planning clinics and married men and women attending general outpatient clinics.
CONCLUSION:
Strengthening and directing counseling toward women in maternal child health/family planning clinics and married men and women in general clinics may be an effective and inexpensive way to increase partner notification in the developing world.
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http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/48282http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7482106
Citation
Sex Transm Dis. 1995 Jul-Aug;22(4):231-5.Publisher
University of Nairobi
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- Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) [10377]