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Screening for STIs: Results of a Health-Promotion Programme in a Portuguese University.
Microorganisms
December 2024
CERES, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra, 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal.
Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) are an important and growing public health concern. Implementation of screening programmes and awareness campaigns are crucial to mitigate this problem. A university in the central region of Portugal has devised a health-promotion programme, named , specifically directed towards the sexual health of the university community.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCorrelates of Trachoma Recrudescence: Results from 51 District-Level Trachoma Surveillance Surveys in Amhara, Ethiopia.
Trop Med Infect Dis
December 2024
Trachoma Control Program, The Carter Center, Atlanta, GA 30307, USA.
Trachoma recrudescence is a serious concern for trachoma control programs. Programs define recrudescence as the return of trachomatous inflammation-follicular (TF) prevalence above elimination threshold (≥5%) on district-level trachoma surveillance surveys (TSSs). This study aimed to determine potential correlates of trachoma recrudescence within a historically highly endemic region.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEast London Project: a participatory mixed-method evaluation on how removing enforcement could affect sex workers' safety, health and access to services in East London.
Public Health Res (Southampt)
September 2024
Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Background: Sex workers' risk of violence and ill-health is shaped by their work environments, community and structural factors, including criminalisation.
Aim: We evaluated the impact of removing police enforcement on sex workers' safety, health and access to services.
Design: Mixed-methods participatory study comprising qualitative research, a prospective cohort study, mathematical modelling and routine data collation.
Evaluating the home-based intervention strategy (HIS-UK) to reduce new chlamydia infection among young men aged 16-25 years by promoting correct and consistent condom use: findings from a randomised controlled trial.
BMC Health Serv Res
December 2024
Brighton and Sussex Clinical Trials Unit, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.
Background: Correct and consistent condom use is the most effective method to reduce transmission of sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
Objective: To compare the HIS-UK intervention to usual condom information and distribution care for effect on chlamydia test positivity.
Methods: Trial design A 3-parallel arm randomised controlled trial (1:1:1 allocation, two intervention arms vs.
Improving the quality of self-collected swab specimens for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in a clinical setting.
J Am Assoc Nurse Pract
December 2024
University of Ottawa, School of Nursing, Ottawa, Ontario.
Background: The practice of patient self-collected swab specimens for Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis is supported in the literature.
Local Problem: Health care providers observed that patients sometimes performed their self-swabs incorrectly resulting in cancelled or invalid specimens.
Methods: The clinic's outdated visual aids were replaced with new visual aids.
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