STD screening, testing, case reporting, and clinical and partner notification practices: A national survey of US physicians

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1784-1788

  St Lawrence, Janet S ^a   Montaño, Daniel E ^a   Kasprzyk, Danuta ^a   Phillips, William R ^a   Armstrong, Keira ^a   Leichliter, Jami S ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; SCREENING TEST; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036827659     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.92.11.1784     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Cates W Jr. Estimates of the incidence and prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases in the United States. American Social Health Association Panel. Sex Transm Dis. 1999;26(suppl 4):S2-S7.
2. Eng TR, Butler WT, eds. The Hidden Epidemic: Confronting Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Washington, DC: National Academy Press; 1997.
3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Ten leading nationally notifiable infectious diseases - United States, 1995. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1996;45:883-884.
4. Brackbill R, Sternberg M, Fishbein M. Where do people go for treatment of sexually transmitted diseases? Fam Plann Perspect. 1999;3:10-15.
5. Fleming WL, Brown WJ, Donohue JF, Branigin PW. National survey of venereal disease treated by physicians in 1968. JAMA 1970;11:1827-1830.
6. Holmes KK. Introduction. In: Homes KK, Sparling FP, Mardh P-A, et al., eds. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 3rd Ed. New York, NY: McGraw Hill; 1999:xxi-xxiii.
7. Hammett TM, Kaufman JA, Faulkner A, et al. Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Prevention in the United States: Integrated Evaluation of Public and Private Sector Disease Reporting and Service Delivery Phase I Final Report, Atlanta, Ga: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 1997. Publication CDC 200-93-0633.
8. National Center for Health Statistics. Data from the National Health Care Survey, 1995. Washington, DC: US Dept of Health and Human Services; 1997.
9. 1998 Guidelines for Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Atlanta, Ga: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 1998.
10. US Preventive Services Task Force. Guide to Clinical Preventive Services. 2nd Ed. Baltimore, Md: Williams & Wilkins; 1996.
11. Konowitz PM, Petrossian GA, Rose DN. The underreporting of disease and physicians knowledge of reporting requirements. Public Health Rep. 1984;99:31-35.
12. Morse SM, Beck-Sague CM, Mardh P-A. Issues in the laboratory diagnosis of STDs. In: Homes KK, Sparling FP, Mardh P-A, et al., eds. Sexually Transmitted Diseases 3rd Ed. New York, NY: McGraw Hill; 1999:723-734.
13. Tao G, Irwin K, Kassler W. Missed opportunities to assess sexually transmitted diseases in US adults during routine medical checkups. Am J Prev Med. 2000;18:109-114.
14. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. HIV prevention practices of primary-care physicians - United States, 1992. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1994;42:988-992.
15. Schwarz JS, Lewis CE, Clancy C, et al. Internists' practices in health promotion and disease prevention: a survey. Ann Intern Med. 1991;114:46-53.
16. Montaño DE, Phillips WR. Cancer screening by primary care physicians: A comparison of rates obtained from physician self-report, patient survey, and chart audit. Am J Public Health, 1995;85:795-800.
17. Boekeloo BO, Marx ES, Kral AH, et al. Frequency and thoroughness of STD-HIV risk assessment by physicians in a high-risk metropolitan area. Am J Public Health. 1991;81:1545-1648.
18. Silverstre AJ, Gehl MB, Encandela J, Schelzel G. A participant observation study using actors at publicly funded HIV counseling and testing sites in Pennsylvania. Am J Public Health. 2000;90:1096-1099.