This article discusses an interesting experiment to see if delivering HIV self test kits to MSM could increase regular testing and reduce risk behavior in a few identified EHE (Ending the HIV Epidemic) jurisdictions.

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Link to article: The effects of regular home delivery of HIV self‐testing and follow‐up counselling on HIV testing and prevention outcomes in men who have sex with men who test infrequently in the United States: a pragmatic, virtual randomized controlled trial - Wray - 2024 - Journal of the International AIDS Society - Wiley Online Library

EHE link: EHE Overview | HIV.gov

USPSTF: Recommendation: Sexually Transmitted Infections: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

Please hear about how Oregon assessed what individual and county-level factors were associated with a congenital syphilis birth.

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Link to full text article: Multilevel Drivers of Congenital Syphilis, Oregon, 2013 to 2021 - PubMed

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Link to testforthem: Prevent Congenital Syphilis | Test & Protect

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Theme Song credit “She Blinded me with Science”, Thomas Dolby, 1982

This episode presents results from a survey of Emergency Department directors at academic hospitals about their awareness of, support for, and prescribing practices for Expedited Partner Therapy for chlamydia.

Link to full text of the article here:

A National Study of Expedited Partner Therapy Use in Emergency Departments: A Survey of Medical Director Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices - PMC

Link to the EPT page on CDC's website

Expedited Partner Therapy | STI | CDC

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This episode discusses a study linked below that examines how often MSM with an STI participate in subsequent interviews for partner notification after a previous STI diagnosis. A guest joins to give her perspective: Julia, who is a supervisor of disease intervention specialists (DIS) at a large urban STD clinic.

Previous Sexually Transmitted Infections and Partner Services Interviews as Predictors of Subsequent Interview Completion Among Cisgender MSM: Partner Services Fatigue? - PubMed (nih.gov)

This episode focuses on the problem of congenital syphilis and examines healthcare providers' thoughts about what challenges they experience when diagnosing or treating syphilis in their pregnant patients.

Link to the two articles discussed:

Provider-Reported Barriers in Sexual Health Care Services for Women With Upstream Barriers: The Case of Syphilis and Congenital Syphilis in Southern Colorado, 2022 - PubMed

(Colleen Hackett, PhD, Leslie Frank, MPH, et al)

Missed Opportunities for Prevention of Congenital Syphilis — United States, 2018 | MMWR

Here is a link to today's article if you'd like to read it: HIV and Syphilis Co-Screening Rates Among Patients Tested for Gonorrhea and Chlamydia at a Large, Urban Hospital - PubMed If you have suggestions for topics you'd like me to cover in future episodes please leave a comment! Thanks for listening

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