Patterns and Predictors of COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Among U.S. Active Duty Service Members, 2020-2022: Implications for Future Pandemics.

Introduction: Vaccine mandates have been used to minimize the duty days lost and deaths attributable to infectious disease among active duty Service members (ADSMs). In response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, in August 2021, the U.S.

Cost-effectiveness of Check It: A Novel Community-Based Chlamydia Screening and Expedited Treatment Program for Young Black Men.

Background: We assessed the cost-effectiveness of the Check It program, a novel community-based chlamydia screening and expedited partner treatment program for young Black men conducted in New Orleans since 2017.

Methods: We implemented a probabilistic cost-effectiveness model using a synthetic cohort of 16 181 men and 13 419 women intended to simulate the size of the Black, sexually active population in New Orleans ages 15-24 years.

Results: The Check It program cost $196 838 (95% confidence interval [CI]: $117 320-$287 555) to implement, saved 10.

Sex education and STI fatalism, testing and infection among young African American men who have sex with women.

The purpose of this study was to examine the association between institution-delivered sex education given under real-world conditions and sexually transmitted infection (STI) rates, STI fatalism, and prior STI testing among African American men aged 15-24 who have sex with women. Participants were tested at community venues for Chlamydia and gonorrhoea and undertook a survey to elicit history of sex education and sexual health information. Among 1196 participants, 73.

Check It: A Community-Based Chlamydia Seek, Test, and Treat Program for Young Black Men Who Have Sex With Women in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Background: Check It is a novel, bundled, community-based seek, test, and treat Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct) screening program for 15- to 24-year-old Black men in New Orleans who have sex with women. The program design addressed barriers and facilitators to Ct screening/treatment by enlisting trusted community partners, incorporating participant input, providing free index/partner expedited treatment, developing relatable marketing materials and an educational Web site, encouraging peer referral, and providing a modest monetary incentive.

Methods: Areas of high poverty were identified using census data; ethnographic/key informant interviews identified sites in those areas where the target population congregated.

Trichomoniasis and adverse birth outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Trichomoniasis commonly affects women of childbearing age and has been linked to several adverse birth outcomes.

Objective: To elucidate the association between trichomoniasis in pregnant women and adverse birth outcomes, including preterm delivery, prelabour rupture of membranes and low birthweight.

Search Strategy: MEDLINE, EMBASE and ClinicalTrials.