Field-Delivered Therapy Increases Treatment for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea

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ID11020932
AuthorsKatherine C Steiner (The authors are with the San Francisco Department of Public Health, STD Prevention and Control Services, San Francisco, Calif.), Veronica Davila (The authors are with the San Francisco Department of Public Health, STD Prevention and Control Services, San Francisco, Calif.), Charlotte Kent (0000-0002-1070-5472, San Francisco Department of Public Health), Charlotte K Kent (The authors are with the San Francisco Department of Public Health, STD Prevention and Control Services, San Francisco, Calif.), Janice K Chaw (The authors are with the San Francisco Department of Public Health, STD Prevention and Control Services, San Francisco, Calif.), Lyn Fischer (The authors are with the San Francisco Department of Public Health, STD Prevention and Control Services, San Francisco, Calif.), Jeffrey D Klausner (0000-0002-6922-7364, The authors are with the San Francisco Department of Public Health, STD Prevention and Control Services, San Francisco, Calif.)
Year2003
Volume93
Issue6
Pages882-884
Publication date2003-06-01
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.93.6.882
PMID12773344
OpenAlexW2132499828
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited5

In 1998, treatment completion was low among chlamydia and gonorrhea cases reported to the San Francisco Department of Public Health and assigned for treatment follow-up. To improve treatment completion among growing numbers of chlamydia and gonorrhea cases, the department implemented field-delivered therapy (FDT), a single-dose, directly observed therapy protocol for uncomplicated chlamydial and gonococcal infections. After the protocol was implemented in March 1999, the proportion of cases completing treatment increased significantly, from 61.8% in 1998 to 81.0% in 2000. The greatest increases in treatment completion were observed for females and individuals younger than 20 years old. FDT is an effective, feasible, and convenient way to reach and treat individuals who are unlikely to return for chlamydia and gonorrhea treatment

Chlamydia · Family medicine · Gonorrhea · Pathology · Public health · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Immunology · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Reproductive tract infections research · Urinary Tract Infections Management

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