In this recent article published in the journal Sexually Transmitted Diseases, scientists in the United States conducted a study 'To present strategies, methods, and tools for implementing a chlamydia screening program across diverse county juvenile justice systems in California, and to present screening and treatment outcomes of this program. Requirements for juvenile hall participants in a chlamydia screening program were described as well as the administrative structure of program implementation.'
'An assessment of screening using administrative data was conducted. Facilitators and barriers to implementation were identified through interviews with local program coordinators and/or institutional medical and correctional staff. Screening projects were implemented in January 2003 in 15 counties (18 juvenile halls) throughout the state. Among institutions with relevant data, the proportion of female detainees screened for chlamydia rose from 35% preprogram implementation to 66% in 2006,' wrote J.L. Miller and colleagues (see also Chlamydia).
The researchers concluded: 'High screening levels with high case yields and treatment rates in the juvenile correctional setting can be accomplished and sustained despite many barriers, if effective collaboration between public health and correctional entities is established.'
Miller and colleagues published their study in Sexually Transmitted Diseases (Implementing Chlamydia Screening Programs in Juvenile Correctional Settings: The California Experience. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 2009;36(2 Suppl. S):S53-S57).
Additional information can be obtained by contacting J.L. Miller, California Dept. of Public Health, STD Control Branch, 850 Marina Bay Pkwy, Bldg P, 2nd Floor, Richmond, CA 94804, USA.
The publisher of the journal Sexually Transmitted Diseases can be contacted at: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 530 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19106-3621, USA.
Keywords: United States, Richmond, Chlamydia Trachomatis, Gynecology, Infectious Disease, Sexually Transmitted Disease, Women's Health's.
This article was prepared by Women's Health Weekly editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2009, Women's Health Weekly via NewsRx.com.
