B8 Optimizing Clinical Services for STDs

Tuesday, March 9, 2010: 3:15 PM-5:00 PM
Dogwood A (M1) (Omni Hotel)
3:15 PM
B8a
Missed Opportunities for Chlamydia Trachomatis (CT) Retesting and Implications for Structural Interventions at the Clinic Level: Differences in Retesting Rates by Type of Return Visit within the California Family Planning (FP) Setting
Holly Howard, MPH1, Joan Chow, DrPH1, Heidi Bauer, MD, MS, MPH2, Glenn Wright, MPA1, Mary Menz, RN, PHN3, Regina Zerne, MS4 and Gail Bolan, MD5, 1STD Control Branch, California Department of Public Health, Richmond, CA, 2Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Control Branch, Division of Communicable Disease Control, Center for Infectious Diseases, California Department of Public Health, Richmond, CA, 3Family Planning, Access, Care, and Treatment (PACT) Program Support and Evaluation, Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, Sacramento, CA, 4Family PACT Progam, Office of Family Planning, California Department of Public Health, Sacramento, CA, 5STD Control Branch, California Department of Public Health, STD Control Branch, Richmond, CA
3:30 PM
B8b
Does An Internet-Based Self-Screening Program for Women Find Higher Prevalences for Chlamydia Trachomatis Than Family Planning Clinics?
Charlotte Gaydos, DrPH1, Mathilda Barnes, CCRP2, Bulbul Aumakhan, MD, MPH, PhD3, Nicole Quinn, BS1, Catherine Wright, BS, MPH4, Patricia Agreda, BS, MS, MBA3, Pamela Whittle, BS5, Mary Jett- Goheen3 and Terry Hogan, BA, MPH6, 1School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, STD Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2School on Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, STD Laboratory, Johns Hopkins Univerisity, Baltimore, MD, 3School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, STD Laboratory, Johns Hopkins Univerisity, Baltimore, MD, 4Region III Infertility Prevention Project, Family Planning Council, Philadelphia, PA, 5Baltimore City Health Department, Baltimore, MD, 6Bayview Medical Campus, Johns Hopkins Univerisity, Baltimore, MD
3:45 PM
B8c
Increasing HIV Screening Coverage in Health Department Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Clinics, New York City (NYC), 2006-2009
Susan Blank, MD, MPH1, Alexis V. Kowalski, MPH2, Jessica M. Borrelli, MPH3, Steven R. Rubin1, Thomas G. Merrill, JD4 and Susan Wright5, 1Bureau of STD Control, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY, 2Bureau of STD Control and Prevention;, NYC Department of health & Mental Hygiene, New York, NY, 3Bureau of Sexually Transmitted Disease Control, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY, 4Office of the General Counsel, NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, New York, NY, 5Bureau of STD Control & Prevention, NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, New York, NY
4:00 PM
B8d
Expediting STD Services: Findings From An STD Clinic Fast-Track Service
Ali Stirland, MBChB, MSc1, Sarah Guerry, MD1, Michael Chien, PhD, (c)1, Timur Durani, MD, MPH, MBA2, Angela Lozano, RN, PHN, MSN3 and Homer Boyd, MD3, 1Sexually Transmitted Disease Program, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, 2Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, 3Community Health Services, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles
4:15 PM
B8e
Diagnose and Adios: The Clinical Management of Newly Diagnosed Symptomatic Genital Herpes in Western Washington, 2008-2009
Karen Mark, MD, MPH1, Matthew Golden, MD, MPH2, Amalia Magaret, PhD3, Kaile Ross, BA3, Linda Drolette, BS3, Claudia Catastini4 and Anna Wald, MD, MPH1, 1Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2Center for AIDS and STD, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 3Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 4Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department, Tacoma, WA
4:30 PM
B8f
Google It: The Importance of Website Optimization for Health Departments, CBOs and Other Governmental Organizations
Sheila Desai, BS, MPH, Candidate, 20101, Melissa Habel, MPH, CHES2, Nicole Liddon, PhD2, Julia Hood, BA, MPH, Candidate, 20103, Rachel Kachur, MPH2 and Eric Buhi, MPH, PhD4, 1Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention / Epidemiology Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, 2Division of STD Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, 3Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 4Department of Community and Family Health, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
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