High Willingness to Participate in Partner Notification among Women Attending Reproductive Health and STI Clinics in Shenzhen, China

A Cross-Sectional Study

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ID15475150
AuthorsRongxing Weng (0000-0003-1792-2186, Shenzhen Nanshan Center for Chronic Disease Control), Weiye Yu (Shenzhen Nanshan Center for Chronic Disease Control), Fuchang Hong (0009-0003-6646-8028, Shenzhen Nanshan Center for Chronic Disease Control), Chunlai Zhang (0000-0002-7242-9071, Shenzhen Nanshan Center for Chronic Disease Control), Lizhang Wen (Shenzhen Nanshan Center for Chronic Disease Control), Feng Wang (0000-0003-4825-1151, Shenzhen Nanshan Center for Chronic Disease Control), Yiting Luo (0009-0001-8557-9765, Shenzhen Nanshan Center for Chronic Disease Control), Jianbin Ye (0000-0001-5471-2458, Shenzhen Nanshan Center for Chronic Disease Control), Fen Tang (0000-0001-9762-5231, Shenzhen Nanshan Center for Chronic Disease Control), Honglin Wang (0000-0001-6941-4998, Shenzhen Nanshan Center for Chronic Disease Control), Xiang‐sheng Chen (0000-0003-3927-2065, Peking Union Medical College Hospital), Yumao Cai (0000-0002-8098-8244, Shenzhen Nanshan Center for Chronic Disease Control, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume17
Issue2
Pages386-386
Publication date2020-01-07
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph17020386
PMID31936047
OpenAlexW3000471532
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited6

Genital Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections (STI) worldwide. We explored the factors associated with willingness to participate in partner notification (PN) among women attending reproductive health and STI clinics in Shenzhen, China. An anonymous questionnaire was used to collect the sociodemographic characteristics, STI histories, and willingness to participate in routine CT screening and partner notification. In total, 87.31% ( n = 10,780) of participants were willing to notify their sex partner(s) if they were diagnosed with a CT infection. Willingness to complete PN was significantly associated with: being married, residing in Shenzhen ≥1 year, having completed junior college or higher, not currently reporting STI-related symptoms, willing to have routine CT screening, and having a correct understanding of the health sequelae of CT infection. Nearly all women surveyed at reproductive health and STI clinics in Shenzhen reported willingness to complete PN. Promoting PN in these settings could help detect a large number of additional CT cases. Our findings provide evidence and implications for public health interventions on PN and suggest that targeted interventions are urgently needed for particular subpopulations including those not currently married, with shorter residency, lower education, and less awareness about the dangers of CT infection

China · Chlamydia · Chlamydia trachomatis · Cross-sectional study · Environmental health · Family medicine · Gynecology · Partner notification · Population · Pregnancy · Psychological intervention · Public health · Reproductive health · Sex organ · Syphilis · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Medicine · Nursing · Reproductive Health and Contraception · Reproductive tract infections research · Immunology · Reproductive Medicine

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