Impact of a New York City health department initiative to expand HIV partner services outside STD clinics

Public Health Reports

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 107-114

  Udeagu, Chi Chi N ^a   Shah, Dipal ^a   Shepard, Colin W ^a   Bocour, Angelica ^a   Guiterrez, Rodolfo ^a   Begier, Elizabeth M ^b  

^a Bureau of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control   (United States)

^b Bureau of Vital Statistics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84858233483     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491212700112     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Campsmith ML, Rhodes PH, Hall HI, Green TA. Undiagnosed HIV prevalence among adults and adolescents in the United States at the end of 2006 [published erratum appears in J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2010;54:112]. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2010;53:619-24.
2. Hogben M, McNally T, McPheeters M, Hutchinson AB. The effectiveness of HIV partner counseling and referral services in increasing identification of HIV-positive individuals: a systematic review. Am J Prev Med 2007;33(2 Suppl):S89-100.
3. Taylor MM, Mickey T, Winscott M, James H, Kenney K, England B. Improving partner services by embedding disease intervention specialists in HIV-clinics. Sex Transm Dis 2010;37:767-70.
4. Malave MC, Shah D, Sackoff JE, Rubin S, Begier EM. Human immunodeficiency virus partner elicitation and notification in New York City: public health does it better. Sex Transm Dis 2008;35:869-76.
5. Landis SE, Schoenbach VJ, Weber DJ, Mittal M, Krishan B, Lewis K, et al. Results of a randomized trial of partner notification in cases of HIV infection in North Carolina. N Engl J Med 1992;326:101-6.
6. New York State Department of Health. HIV/AIDS statistics in New York State: report on partner notification activities 2002-2003 and 2004 [cited 2011 Jul 15]. Available from: URL: http://www.health.state.ny.us/diseases/aids/statistics
7. Frieden TR, Das-Douglas M, Kellerman SE, Henning KJ. Applying public health principles to the HIV epidemic. N Engl J Med 2005;353:2397-402.
8. Udeagu CC, Bocour A, Gale I, Begier EM. Provider and client acceptance of a health department enhanced approach to improve HIV partner notification in New York City. Sex Transm Dis 2010;37:266-71.
9. New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. New York City HIV/AIDS annual surveillance statistics 2008: list of annual tables [cited 2010 May 5]. Available from: URL: http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/ah/surveillance2008_tables_all.pdf
10. Brewer DD. Case-finding effectiveness of partner notification and cluster investigation of sexually transmitted diseases/HIV. Sex Transm Dis 2005;32:78-83.
11. Golden MR, Hogben M, Potterat JJ, Hansfield HH. HIV partner notification in the United States: a national survey of program coverage and outcomes. Sex Transm Dis 2004;31:709-12.
12. Marcus JL, Bernstein KT, Klausner JD. Updated outcomes of partner notification for human immunodeficiency virus, San Francisco, 2004-2008. AIDS 2009;23:1024-6.
13. Renaud TC, Woog V, Ramaswamy CK, Tsoi BW, Sabharwal CJ, Pickett L, et al. Overstating social networks' ability to diagnose new cases of HIV. Am J Public Health 2010;100 Suppl 1:S5-6.
14. Potterat JJ. The end of laissez-faire HIV partner notification? Trust but verify. Sex Transm Dis 2009;36:463-4.
15. New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Help your patients tell their partners: encourage HIV partner notification with the NYC Health Department [cited 2009 Jun 24]. Available from: URL: http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/dires/hiv-fsu-provider-brochure.pdf
16. New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Diagnosed with HIV? The New York City Health Department can help you and your partner [cited 2009 Jun 24]. Available from: URL: http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/dires/hiv-fsupatient-brochure.pdf
17. New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Need help notifying the partners of your HIV positive patients? [cited 2009 Jun 24]. Available from: URL: http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/dires/cnap_provider_brochure.pdf
18. New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Need help telling your partners they should get tested for HIV? [cited 2009 Jun 24]. Available from: URL: http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/dires/cnap_patient_card.pdf
19. Sabharwal CJ. HIV partner services and the field services unit. 2010 [cited 2009 Jun 24]. Available from: URL: http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/ppt/dires/provider_outreach_pres_2010_jpg.ppt
20. Cohen MS, Gay C, Kashuba AD, Blower S, Paxton L. Narrative review: antiretroviral therapy to prevent the sexual transmission of HIV-1. Ann Intern Med 2007;146:591-601.
21. Hutchinson AB, Farnham PG, Dean HD, Ekwueme DU, del Rio C, Kamimoto L, et al. The economic burden of HIV in the United States in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy: evidence of continuing racial and ethnic differences. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2006;43:451-7.