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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-12-23
pubmed:abstractText
We examined the relative efficiency of non-clinical sites to screen for chlamydia in youth and young adults. Chlamydia screening targeting youth (under 30 years of age) was performed at non-clinical sites in high-morbidity neighbourhoods of two California counties. Venues were subdivided into community outreach, schools, parenting centres and drug treatment/correctional facilities. Relative efficiency was estimated with multivariate Poisson regression using incidence of chlamydia per person-hours labour adjusting for strategy and county. Among the 1514 youths screened, the overall prevalence of chlamydia was 5.5%. By venue, the highest prevalence was in drug treatment/correction facilities at 11.1% followed by parenting centres at 6.3%, community outreach at 4.9% and schools at 4.6%. Drug treatment/correctional facilities were the most labour time efficient at 9.9 person-hours per chlamydia case. Schools and parenting centres had the lowest cost per screen at 0.9 person-hours per screen. Adjusted relative labour time efficiency (chlamydia cases per paid person-hour) was significantly higher in schools, 2.0 (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.0-4.2), parenting centres, 3.2 (95% CI 1.6-6.6) and drug treatment/correctional facilities, 2.9 (95% CI 1.0-7.8), compared with community outreach. In conclusion, parenting centres and drug treatment centres and correctional facilities are the most efficient venues for chlamydia screening.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0956-4624
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
52-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-8-25
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Relative efficiency of chlamydia screening in non-clinical settings in two California counties.
pubmed:affiliation
California Department of Public Health, Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) Control Branch, Richmond, USA. shmorris@ucsd.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.