Holly Howard, STD Control Branch, CA Department of Health Services, 850 Marina Bay Parkway, Building P, Second Floor, Richmond, CA, USA and Joan M. Chow, Sexually Transmitted Disease Control Branch, California Department of Health Services, 850 Marina Bay Parkway, Building P, Second Floor, Richmond, CA, USA.
We will review findings from a recent case-control chart abstraction study conducted in selected California family planning sentinel IPP clinics. The study identified risk factors efficient in targeting chlamydia in non-pregnant women aged >25 years, resulting in a reduction in screening in this age group. The sample included 83 chlamydia-positive client visits and a random sample of 362 chlamydia-negative visits among women age 26-44 years tested for chlamydia. We compared the relative efficiency of screening algorithms (percent screened and case yields) with national and targeted criteria identified in this evaluation and a previous prospective evaluation using patient- and clinician-completed forms.
