TY - JOUR
T1 - Comprehensive clinical care on-site in men-only saunas: Confidential STI/HIV screening outreach clinic
AU - Lister, Nichole A.
AU - Smith, Anthony
AU - Tabrizi, Sepehr N.
AU - Garland, Suzanne
AU - Hayes, Peter
AU - Fairley, Christopher K.
PY - 2005/12/1
Y1 - 2005/12/1
N2 - During 2001 and 2002 an anonymous outreach-screening programme in Melbourne, Australia, offered testing for gonorrhoea and chlamydia on-site at men-only saunas. Modifications were made to this screening programme to offer a comprehensive testing clinic for sexually transmissible infections (STIs), including HIV. The comprehensive clinic was evaluated after one year of operation, and comparisons were made with the earlier anonymous screening programme. The comprehensive outreach clinic made contact with fewer men (n=557), however, men tested had a higher prevalence of gonorrhoea and chlamydia (17%), and all men tested positive for STIs/HIV were followed up. The findings and comparisons outlined in this paper may be used for different communities to decide what screening programme model best suits their individual situation: anonymous programme with fewer tests offered, confidential and comprehensive STI/HIV testing programme, or both. On the basis of our evaluation, we have opted to continue the comprehensive STI/HIV testing programme in local men-only saunas.
AB - During 2001 and 2002 an anonymous outreach-screening programme in Melbourne, Australia, offered testing for gonorrhoea and chlamydia on-site at men-only saunas. Modifications were made to this screening programme to offer a comprehensive testing clinic for sexually transmissible infections (STIs), including HIV. The comprehensive clinic was evaluated after one year of operation, and comparisons were made with the earlier anonymous screening programme. The comprehensive outreach clinic made contact with fewer men (n=557), however, men tested had a higher prevalence of gonorrhoea and chlamydia (17%), and all men tested positive for STIs/HIV were followed up. The findings and comparisons outlined in this paper may be used for different communities to decide what screening programme model best suits their individual situation: anonymous programme with fewer tests offered, confidential and comprehensive STI/HIV testing programme, or both. On the basis of our evaluation, we have opted to continue the comprehensive STI/HIV testing programme in local men-only saunas.
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U2 - 10.1258/095646205774988163
DO - 10.1258/095646205774988163
M3 - Article
C2 - 16336760
AN - SCOPUS:30944464995
SN - 0956-4624
VL - 16
SP - 794
EP - 798
JO - International Journal of STD & AIDS
JF - International Journal of STD & AIDS
IS - 12
ER -
