Online Discussions of Sexually Transmitted Infections During COVID-19: Insights From the Social Media Platform Reddit.

Background: With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, reported rates of chlamydia and gonorrhea dropped and remained low for several months of 2020 as compared with 2019. Additional data are needed to reveal causes of reported rate changes. Here, we analyze sexually transmitted infection (STI)-related conversations from the online-discussion platform Reddit to gain insight into the role of the pandemic on public experience of STIs in 2020.

Programme science: a route to effective coverage and population-level impact for HIV and sexually transmitted infection prevention.

Improvements in context-specific programming are essential to address HIV and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infection epidemics globally. A programme science approach emphasises the need for context-specific evidence and knowledge, generated on an ongoing basis, to inform timely and appropriate programmatic decisions. We aim to accelerate and improve the use of embedded research, inquiry, and learning to optimise population-level impact of public health programmes and to introduce an effective programme coverage framework as one tool to facilitate this goal.

A Description of Telehealth Use Among Sexually Transmitted Infection Providers in the United States, 2021.

Background: Telehealth offers one approach to improving access to sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention and care services. Therefore, we described recent telehealth use among those providing STI-related care and identified opportunities for improving STI service delivery.

Materials And Methods: Using the DocStyles Web-based, panel survey conducted by Porter Novelli from September 14 to November 10, 2021, 1500 healthcare providers were asked about their current telehealth usage, demographics, and practice characteristics, and compared STI providers (≥10% of time spent on STI care and prevention) to non-STI providers.