Outcomes related to STI partner notification : Retombées relatives à la notification aux partenaires liée aux ITS : examen des preuves

Partner can be conducted in numerous ways described in the notification can be defined as notification of sex following table: Table 1: Partner notification methods described in literature Forms of Partner Notification Description Patient referral This method involves an agreement between the index case’s doctor (or other care provider) that the index case will inform all of his/her partners and m [...] In addition to having a direct effect on the health behaviour of index patients or partners, incidence of index cases, partner notification affects disease of sexually transmitted infections and blood borne incidence, rates of re-infection and risk behaviour. [...] The objective of this review was to ner notification, and unintended harm as a result of examine the effect of partner notification strategies partner notification. [...] A study related to partner notification for syphilis among MSM (29) reported the prevalence of anonymous sex was between 44.9% to 88.5% in eight cities in the United 6 Partner Notification • October 2013 The low numbers of partners who were actually notified has been associated with patient referral and has been attributed, by some, to low levels of notification self-efficacy. [...] There is much discussion in the partner notification, the number of hours spent per literature about the legalities of PDPT influencing index case and partners, and the hourly wage for the clinician willingness to provide PDPT to their clients.