Real-Time Linkage of Public-Facing Jail Registers and Syphilis Testing and Treatment Monitoring Data, Washington State, 2023–2024

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ID11020129
AuthorsSteven J Erly (0000-0001-5477-9660, Steven J. Erly is with the Washington State Department of Health, Tumwater, and the Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle. Leighton O. Hill, Kiara B. Gavigan, Kari L. Haecker, and Rachel M. Amiya are with the Office of Infectious Disease, Washington State Department of Health, Tumwater.), Leighton O Hill (0009-0009-9070-8275, Steven J. Erly is with the Washington State Department of Health, Tumwater, and the Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle. Leighton O. Hill, Kiara B. Gavigan, Kari L. Haecker, and Rachel M. Amiya are with the Office of Infectious Disease, Washington State Department of Health, Tumwater.), Kiara B Gavigan (Steven J. Erly is with the Washington State Department of Health, Tumwater, and the Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle. Leighton O. Hill, Kiara B. Gavigan, Kari L. Haecker, and Rachel M. Amiya are with the Office of Infectious Disease, Washington State Department of Health, Tumwater.), Kari L Haecker (0009-0006-6582-2728, Steven J. Erly is with the Washington State Department of Health, Tumwater, and the Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle. Leighton O. Hill, Kiara B. Gavigan, Kari L. Haecker, and Rachel M. Amiya are with the Office of Infectious Disease, Washington State Department of Health, Tumwater.), Kari Haecker (Washington State Department of Health), Rachel M Amiya (Steven J. Erly is with the Washington State Department of Health, Tumwater, and the Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle. Leighton O. Hill, Kiara B. Gavigan, Kari L. Haecker, and Rachel M. Amiya are with the Office of Infectious Disease, Washington State Department of Health, Tumwater.)
Year2025
Volume115
Issue3
Pages282-286
Publication date2025-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2024.307911
PMID39938029
OpenAlexW4407395414
LanguageEN
References cited7

Between June 22, 2023, and January 22, 2024, we implemented scripts to collect public-facing correctional facility rosters and used a matching algorithm to link these data to unresolved syphilis investigations in Washington state. We reviewed the results and sent alerts to the assigned disease intervention specialist. We captured data from 60 of Washington’s 69 correctional facilities and linked 54 individuals to testing or treatment. Fifty-eight percent of individuals had been unlocated for 60 days or more and may not have been found otherwise. ( Am J Public Health. 2025;115(3):282–286. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307911 )

Disease control · Environmental health · Family medicine · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · International health · Journal of Public Health · Public health · Syphilis · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Medicine · Nursing · Reproductive tract infections research · Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment · Gerontology · Health Policy

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