For partner services, do we need "face-time," or FaceTime?: Trends in relative proportion of in-person notifications and HIV testing after introduction of a telephone option for HIV exposure notification by public health

Sex Transm Dis. 2014 Nov;41(11):671-3. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000192.

Abstract

Public health usually notifies partners of STD exposure in-person despite availability of other options. We examined trends in in-person versus telephone notification for HIV 3 years after the introduction of a telephone option. Most notifications were made by telephone. Partners notified doubled; however, the proportion HIV testing declined slightly.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Contact Tracing / trends*
  • Female
  • HIV Seropositivity / diagnosis
  • HIV Seropositivity / psychology*
  • Health Services Needs and Demand
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mass Screening
  • Middle Aged
  • New York City / epidemiology
  • Patient Acceptance of Health Care / statistics & numerical data*
  • Patient Preference
  • Public Health*
  • Sexual Partners / psychology*
  • Telephone*
  • Truth Disclosure
  • Videoconferencing*