Tuesday, March 11, 2008: 3:00 PM-4:45 PM
Northwest 2
3:15 PM
Characteristics of Users of the Internet who Submit Self-obtained Urogenital Samples through the Mail for Testing Sexually Transmitted Infections
Charlotte A. Gaydos, DrPH, Johns Hopkins University;
Mathilda Barnes, BS, Johns Hopkins University;
Bulbul Aumakhan, MD, Johns Hopkins University;
Nicole Quinn, BS, Johns Hopkins University;
Patricia Agreda, BS, Johns Hopkins University;
Pamela Whittle, BS, Baltimore City Health Department;
Mary Terry Hogan, MPH, Johns Hopkins University
3:45 PM
Association between Enhanced STD Screening and Declines in Emergency Department and Hospital Diagnoses of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Philadelphia, 1995-2006
Caroline Johnson, MD, Philadelphia Department of Public Health;
Greta L. Anschuetz, MPH, Philadelphia Department of Public Health;
Melinda E. Salmon, BS, Philadelphia Department of Public Health;
Lenore E. Asbel, MD, Philadelphia Department of Public Health and Drexel University;
C. Victor Spain, DVM, PhD, Philadelphia Department of Public Health (PDPH);
Martin Goldberg, BS, Philadelphia Department of Public Health
4:00 PM
Predictors of a Chlamydia and/or Gonorrhea Infection among Adult Male Emergency Department Patients
Roland C Merchant, MD, MPH, ScD, Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital;
Dina M. DePalo, Rhode Island Hospital;
Tao Liu, Brown University;
Josiah D. Rich, MD, MPH, Brown University;
Michael D. Stein, MD, Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University
4:15 PM
Outreach Program Effectively Screening in "Hot Spots" of Baltimore City
Michelle Crawford, BS, MS, Baltimore City Health Department;
G. Olthoff, MHA, Baltimore City Health Department, Centers for Disease Control;
Denise Freeman, BS, MA, Baltimore City Health Department, Centers for Disease Control;
P. Burnett, BA, Baltimore City Health Department, Centers for Disease Control