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Continental Ballroom
Tuesday, March 11, 2008: 5:00 PM-6:30 PM

PS1: Poster Session 1

Missed Opportunities to Screen for HIV Among Persons Diagnosed with Gonorrhea (GC) in Non-STD Clinic Settings in Colorado
Jennifer A. Donnelly, Melanie Mattson, Doug Robinson, Andrea Spaulding, Cynthia Loftin, Nedra Freeman
Integrating Service Models: Mobile HIV/AIDS Clinical Trials, Community-based Outreach and Testing, and Primary Health Services
Malika Roman Isler, Bahby Banks, Ron Strauss, Chris McQuiston, Jeffrey Edwards, Giselle Corbie-Smith
Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Testing Among Young Oil and Gas Workers: The Need for Innovative, Place-based Approaches to Intervention
Shira M. Goldenberg, Jean A. Shoveller, Aleck Ostry, Mieke Koehoorn
Polysubstance Use and STD/HIV Risk Behavior Among Massachusetts MSM Accessing Department of Public Health Mobile Van Services: Implications for Intervention Development
Matthew J. Mimiaga, Sari Reisner, Rodney VanDerwarker, Michael J. Gaucher, Catherine A. O'Connor, Susana Medeiros, Steven A. Safren
Chlamydia Screening in a Charter School: Components of a Successful Infertility Prevention Project Collaboration
Jennifer K. Curtiss, David Fine
Logic Model for Chlamydia Interventions at the State and Local Level
Wiley D. Jenkins, Edward Mensah
Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Testing in Louisiana's Infertility Prevention Project: Before and After Hurricane Katrina
David Fine, Lisa Longfellow, James Rigol
Predictors of High Chlamydial and Gonococcal Prevalence Among Men in the Southern United States
Adelbert James, William M. Geisler
Asymptomatic Gonorrhea and Chlamydial Infections Detected by Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests Among Boston Area Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM)
Kenneth H. Mayer, Matthew J. Mimiaga, Sari Reisner, Alex Gonzalez, William Dumas, Rodney VanDerwarker, David S. Novak, Thomas Bertrand
Chlamydia Positivity Among American Indian/Alaska Native Women: Comparing Indian Health Service and Infertility Prevention Project Clinic Populations, Region X
Jennifer E. Daniel, David Fine, Scott Tulloch
Chlamydia Among Women Aged 15-24 Years Attending New Mexico Infertility Prevention Project Family Planning Clinics, 1997 – 2007: Changing Trends Over Time
Wanicha Buraphacheep-Coggins, Lynn Mundt, David Fine
Evaluation of the Soundex Function for the Region VIII Infertility Prevention Project (IPP)
Region VIII Infertility Prevention Committee IPP Data Workgroup, Yvonne M. Hamby
Detection of Rectal Chlamydia and Gonorrhea in the Miami-Dade Health Department (MDHD) Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) Clinic
Araceli Gigi V. Moneda, Maria Luisa Alcaide, Willis Dean, Katherine Von Werne, Alina Pastoriza, Eduardo Yepez, Mercedes Vasquez, Jose G. Castro
Trichomonas vaginalis in a Population at High Risk for Other STI and HIV
Barbara Van Der Pol, Dan Brooks, Karen Curd, Janet Arno
The Relationships Among STD/HIV-associated Behaviors, Correlates of Risk and Alcohol Consumption for At-risk African American Females
Jennifer L. Monahan, Carolyn Brooks, Jessica M. Sales, Ralph J. DiClemente, Gina Wingood, Eve Rose, Jennifer A. Samp
Drug Use and STD Risk Behavior Among DUI Offenders
Angela Robertson
Assessing Educational Information Preferences on the Internet: Results from a Qualitative Interview of MSM
Folashade A. Omisore, Lisa Gilbert, Aner Barriola
“Pissing in the Wind” Why Young Men Refuse Chlamydia Screening
Andrew Buchanan
Sex and the Internet Seven Years Later: Trends in Reporting Sex Partners Found Online Among Patients in the Denver STD Clinic
Alia Al-Tayyib, Cornelis Rietmeijer
Does Screening and Treating Incarcerated Men for Chlamydia Have an Impact on Positivity Rates in Females Attending Family Planning Clinics? The Philadelphia Experience
D. R. Newman, G. Anschuetz, T. A. Peterman, M. E. Salmon, M. Goldberg, C. L. Satterwhite, C. V. Spain, A. A. Zaidi, L.B. Grier, S. Berman
Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Screening Program Targeting High-risk Adolescents Entering Juvenile Detention in North Carolina
Richard B. Hedenquist, Lynne A. Sampson
What is the Importance of Urine-based Chlamydia/Gonorrhea Screening of Adolescents Incarcerated in Secure Juvenile Detention Facilities in New York State?
Solita Jones, Daniel Leffingwell, Michael Cohen, Alison G. Muse
Cost-effectiveness of a GIS-based Targeted Chlamydia trachomatis Intervention Policy
Wiley D. Jenkins, Edward Mensah
STIC Figure: A Spreadsheet to Estimate the Direct Medical Costs and Indirect Costs (lost productivity) Saved by Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention Programs
Dayne Collins, Harrell W. Chesson, Kathryn A. Koski
Peer-led Approaches in Community-based STD Prevention
Kanyamahanga Herman
Syphilis Awareness Campaign: “Did You Take syPHILis Home Last Night?”
Melissa L. Van Dyne
Engaging Your State's Public Health Association - Florida's Department of Health (FLDOH) STD Programs and the Florida Public Health Association (FPHA) Promote Sexual Health
Lori S. Jordahl, Frank R. Meyers, Mike Napier, Sandra Magyar
Promoting Youth STD/HIV Awareness in Baltimore City Through a Three-on-Three Basketball Tournament
Sheridan Johnson, Rafiq Miazad, G. Olthoff, P. Burnett, Denise Freeman, Patrick Smith, Patricia Cassatt
Louisiana Public Health Information Exchange: Communicable Disease Pilot
Lisa Longfellow, Jane Herwehe, Susan Bergson
Regional Strategy for Quality Assurance at Individual IPP Provider Sites
Colleen Bornmueller, Region VII IPP Quality Assurance/Training Subcommittee
Chlamydia Diagnostic Methodologies and Screening Rates in Women Aged 12 – 25 Years from Private Insurance Claims Data in the United States: 2001 – 2005
Michele Bohm, Kwame Owusu-Edusei
The Effect of State Laws on Chlamydia Screening Coverage: A Panel Data Analysis of Private Insurance Claims in the United States
Kwame Owusu-Edusei, Thomas L. Gift
Vaginal Carriage of S. aureus and ORSA Among Sexually Active Adolescent Women
Linda M. Kollar, Lucia Pattullo, Lauren Simendinger, Jill S. Huppert, Joel Mortensen
Validation of Gen-Probe APTIMA Trichomonas vaginalis Analyte Specific Reagent for Use in Public Health Clinical Laboratories to Detect Trichomonas vaginalis in Urine Sediment
Fatema Mamou, Mike Karinen, Gary Johnson, James Rudrik
Performance of the Aptima Analyte Specific Reagent Assay for Detection of T. vaginalis
James A. Williams, Amy D. Pantone, Barbara Van Der Pol
Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae Detection by Culture and Nucleic Acid Amplification Assay
Barbara Van Der Pol, James A. Williams, Amy D. Pantone, David Nguyen, Janet N. Arno
HIV-1 Viral Load Measurement from Dried Blood Spots Using Abbott RealTime HIV-1 Quantitative Assay
Shihai Huang, Brian Erickson, Wai-Bing Mak, Klara Abravaya
Evaluation of Repeat Testing of Positive Chlamydia trachomatis Using Combo and Stand Alone Targets
Mahin Park, Lynett M. Poventud, Kimberly G. Myrick, Calvin Stinson, Elizabeth Franko
Can Self-collected Penile Swabs Be Used Instead of Urine Samples for Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis?
Mathilda Barnes, Bulbul Aumakhan, Nicole Quinn, Patricia Agreda, Pamela Whittle, Mary Terry Hogan, Charlotte Gaydos
Utility of Endocervical Gram Stain and Appropriateness of Empiric Coverage for Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) Only in Women with MPC
Karen Peterson, Julie Subiadur, Dean McEwen, Cornelis Rietmeijer
Assessment of the In Vitro of Drug Combinations to Inhibit Growth of Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Kevin Scott Pettus, Manhar Parekh, Samera Bowers, Michael Grabenstein, Ronald C. Ballard, Joan Knapp, John Papp
Time to Clearance of Ribosomal RNA Using Transcription-mediated Amplification in Women Treated for Chlamydial Infection
Cybele A. Renault, Vivian Levy, Dennis M. Israelski, Bruce K. Fujikawa, Timothy A. Kellogg, Jeffrey D. Klausner
Indicators Related to Chlamydia trachomatis Testing in Region I Infertility Prevention Project Public Health Laboratories
Gary E. Budnick, Alan Borne, Eunice Froeliger, Harvey George, Linda Han, Kenneth Jones, Sue Macrae, Kenneth Pote, Region I. IPP Advisory Committee
Pooling Specimens Using Gen-Probe's Aptima Combo 2 Assay For Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Karen Crouse, Linda Cles, Kathleen Suchland, Joyce Fox, Jinxin Hu, Craig Colombel, Paul Swenson, Jean Pass
If We Offer It, Will They Take It? Factors Influencing Engagement in Expedited Partner Delivered Therapy (EPDT)
Richard C. Goldsworthy, J. Dennis Fortenberry
Partner Notification for Syphilis in the United States 2005-2006: Data from the Performance Measures Database
Thomas A. Peterman, Daniel Newman, Dayne Collins
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Experiences of New England Men Who Have Sex with Men with Partner Notification, Counseling and Referral Services After STD and HIV Exposures and Infections
Ashley M. Tetu, Matthew J. Mimiaga, Sari L. Reisner, Kevin Cranston, Thomas Bertrand, David S. Novak, Kenneth H. Mayer
Integration of Internet-based Partner Notification into Case Management
Daniel C. Ehlman, Gonzalo Saenz, Colleen Crowley, B. W. Furness
Expedited Partner Therapy Toolkit: A Response to EPT Implementation Barriers
George E. Ware, Region VIII IPP Partner Services Workgroup
Are National Policies, Services and Indicators Ready to Eliminate Global Gongenital Syphilis as a Public Health Problem?
Jennifer Mark, Kenneth Wind-Anderson, Mary Kamb, Nathalie Broutet
Maternal Characteristics of Congenital Syphilis Cases in Upstate New York, 2002-2006
Wei He, Ping Du, Alison G. Muse, F. Bruce Coles
The Association Between Metronidazole Exposure and Congenital Anomalies: A Retrospective Cohort Study of Women and Infants in Syracuse, New York
Catherine A.S. Koss, Dana C. Berle, Emilia H. Koumans, Sandra D. Lane, Richard Aubry, Lauri Markowitz
University Students' Perceived Benefits, Barriers and Cues to STD Testing
Keith A. King, Rebecca A. Vidourek, Emily D. Meadows
A Comparison of Condom Use Desires in Adolescent Couples
Shelita G. Merchant, Susan G. Millstein, Jonathan Ellen
Are New York State Health Teachers and School Nurses Equipped to Teach Sexually Transmitted Disease and Viral Hepatitis to Adolescents?
Solita Jones, Martha Newcomb, Colleen Flanigan, Alison G. Muse
An Adolescent Screening Project in Michigan's School Clinics
Lynda K. Byer
Chlamydia Positivity in American Indian/ Alaska Native Women Screened in Region X Family Planning Clinics, 1997-2004
Linda M. Gorgos, David Fine, Jeanne Marrazzo
Chlamydia trachomatis Among Women Attending Region X Infertility Prevention Project Family Planning Clinics, 1997-2006: Race/Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status, and Other Risk Factors
David Fine, Jeanne Marrazzo, Region X. IPP Data Subcommittee
Perceptions of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Among Young Latina and African-American Women: Findings from Qualitative Research
Aaron Plant, Christopher M. O'Leary, Harlan Rotblatt, Jorge A. Montoya, Peter Kerndt
Behavioral Risk Factors Among Latino and Latina Patients Attending Baltimore City STD Clinics 2002-2007
Renee M. Gindi, Kathleen R. Page, Laura Herrera, Emily Erbelding
Investigation of a Cluster of Syphilis, Gonorrhea, and Chlamydia Cases Among Heterosexual Micronesians Living on Oahu
Adrianne Cadorna, Alan Katz, Venie Lee, Alan Komeya, Mandy Kiaha, Roy Ohye
Could Decreasing Disparities in Gonorrhea Rates between Blacks and Whites Be Due to Decreased Availability of STD Clinic Services in the United States?
Charlotte K. Kent, Kevin O'Connor, Sam Groseclose
Integration of Contraceptive and STD/HIV Services for Young Women in the United States
Sherry L. Farr, Joan Marie Kraft, Lee Warner, John E. Anderson, Denise J. Jamieson
Just Ask! A Constructivist, Web-based Approach for Provider STD Skills Training
Peter C. Honebein, Richard C. Goldsworthy, J. Dennis Fortenberry, John Toney, Linda M. Kollar
Provider STD Training with an Adolescent Focus: The Region II Prevention Training Center Experience, 2004-present
Gowri Nagendra, Christine Baratta, Alwyn T. Cohall, Robin S. Recant, Thomas Cherneskie, Bruce Armstrong
STD-Prevent: Evaluation of a Provider-based Intervention to Enhance STD Screening of Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in California
Susan E. Watson, Michael D. McElroy, Tom Gray, Yamir Salabarría-Peña, Susan Rogers, Betty Apt, Gail Bolan, Christopher Hall
Time from Treatment to Re-infection with Chlamydia trachomatis or Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Patients with and without Co-infection
Juanita M. Brand, Coya Campbell, Virginia A. Caine, Barbara Van Der Pol
Utilization of Cross-matching Databases to Obtain Chlamydia Re-screening and Re-infection Rates for Infertility Prevention Project Sites: Three Years of Data, Rhode Island, 2004-2006
Michael Gosciminski, Utpala Bandy
Correlation Between Repeat Chlamydia Testing and Chlamydia Positivity Rates at Family Planning Clinics
Catherine E. Wright, Region III IPP Data Subcommittee
Rates of Repeat Testing Among Patients Diagnosed with Chlamydia and Gonorrhea at a Public STD Clinic: San Francisco 2005-2006
Susan S. Philip, Katherine Ahrens, Kyle T. Bernstein, Jeffrey D. Klausner
Targeted Versus Expanded HIV-1 Testing in a Municipal STD Clinic in San Francisco, CA
Seth B. Shonkoff, Katherine Ahrens, Andrew Reynolds, Robert Kohn, Jeffrey D. Klausner
STD Testing of HIV-infected MSM at Eight U.S. Clinics
Karen Hoover, Mary Odell Butler
Syphilis and HIV Co-infection in New Mexico, 1998-2007
Kathleen Rooney, Sarah Valway
Changes in Data Completeness with Electronic Laboratory Reporting (ELR) Implementation in Detroit City, Michigan
Kathryn E. Macomber
Data Analysis Needs Assessment of STD Programs for the Self-directed and STD-focused SAS Instruction (SASSI) Curriculum
Molly Dowling, Robert Nelson, Rose Horsley, Rheta Barnes, David Block, Sam Groseclose
STD Infection Link Data Mining and Visualization
Joy Alamgir
Using Syndromic Surveillance (SS) to Improve Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Surveillance and Adherence to Treatment Guidelines in Philadelphia
Melinda E. Salmon, Steven Alles
Socio-demographic and Economic Factors Associated with Gonorrhea Incidence Rates, 2005
Akbar A. Zaidi
Syphilis Testing at a Large-scale Outreach Event
Charles Tamble, William Burleson, Derek Blechinger, Javier Bucher
Steady Declines in Primary and Secondary Syphilis, San Francisco 2005-2007
Jeffrey D. Klausner, Wendy Wolf, Robert Kohn, Kyle T. Bernstein, Jacqueline McCright, Susan Philip, Frank Strona, Giuliano Nieri
Increasing Rates of Early Syphilis and HIV Among Young MSM in Baltimore- City
Toni Flemming, G. Olthoff, Denise Freeman, Michelle Joe, Deborah Macklin, Stacey Dennis
Syphilis in the Heartland: A Retrospective Case Study of Innovative Approaches to an Early Syphilis Outbreak in Central Illinois
Sonya Kuykendall, Awais Vaid, Jeffery M. Erdman
"Reason for Testing" Among Patients Found to Have Syphilis
William Burleson, Cindy Lind-Livingston, Peter Carr
Describing a Syphilis Outbreak on a Rural Arizona American Indian Reservation
Michelle Johnson
Increasing Hepatitis A and B Vaccination Intentions Among High-risk MSM: Results from an Internet Assessment
Aner Barriola, Lisa Gilbert
Hepatitis B Immunization Practices at an Urban STD Clinic
Bruce W. Furness, Shukdeo Sankar, Jessica Sharkey
Unanswered Questions about Genital Herpes
Folashade A. Omisore, Lisa Gilbert, Aner Barriola
New Sensitive and Specific Rapid HSV-2 Antibody Test
Andy Hudak, Jay A. Lieberman, Gary A. Richwald
Patients' Attitudes about Rapid Oral HIV Testing in an Urban, Free Dental Clinic
Craig A. Dietz, Elizabeth Ablah, David Reznik
Multi-method Formative Research to Understand the Needs and Internet Use of Persons Recently Diagnosed with HIV
Keith J. Horvath, Cari Courtenay-Quirk, Holly Fisher, Eileen Harwood, Rachel E. Kachur, Mary McFarlane, Ann O'Leary, B. R. Simon Rosser
Assessment of Linkage to Care and the Disease Stage at Diagnosis for South Carolina HIV-infected Individuals Diagnosed from January 1st, 2004 to December 31st, 2006
Ikechukwu Udo Ogbuanu, Lynda Kettinger, Terri Stephens, Jerry Gibson, Wayne A. Duffus
Benefits of Offering Rapid HIV Testing in Public Health Centers
Cassandra Marquette, Robert Glover, Pradnya Tambe, Ruby Lewis-Hardy, Michelle Allen, Eric Benning, Steven Katkowsky
Giving Positive HIV Test Results Over the Phone: Essentials for Success
Juan A. Mendez
The Potential Health and Economic Benefits of Preventing Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis (RRP) Through Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination
Harrell W. Chesson, Sara E. Forhan, Sami L. Gottlieb, Lauri E. Markowitz

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