STI Research Roundup (STIRR)

Please hear about how Oregon assessed what individual and county-level factors were associated with a congenital syphilis birth. If you'd like to suggest a topic for a future episode or volunteer to be a guest discussant on an episode please email: ⁠⁠STIresearchroundup@gmail.com⁠ This podcast is now also available on Amazon podcasts: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/dc4afaed-3e0f-458a-b475-f0ce70d743c2/sti-research-roundup-stirr Link to full text article: Multilevel Drivers of Congenital

This episode presents results from a survey of Emergency Department directors at academic hospitals about their awareness of, support for, and prescribing practices for Expedited Partner Therapy for chlamydia. Link to full text of the article here: A National Study of Expedited Partner Therapy Use in Emergency Departments: A Survey of Medical Director Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices - PMC Link to the EPT page on CDC's website Expedited Partner Therapy | STI | CDC If you have topic ideas for

This episode discusses a study linked below that examines how often MSM with an STI participate in subsequent interviews for partner notification after a previous STI diagnosis. A guest joins to give her perspective: Julia, who is a supervisor of disease intervention specialists (DIS) at a large urban STD clinic. Previous Sexually Transmitted Infections and Partner Services Interviews as Predictors of Subsequent Interview Completion Among Cisgender MSM: Partner Services Fatigue? - PubMed

This episode focuses on the problem of congenital syphilis and examines healthcare providers' thoughts about what challenges they experience when diagnosing or treating syphilis in their pregnant patients. Link to the two articles discussed: Provider-Reported Barriers in Sexual Health Care Services for Women With Upstream Barriers: The Case of Syphilis and Congenital Syphilis in Southern Colorado, 2022 - PubMed (Colleen Hackett, PhD, Leslie Frank, MPH, et al) Missed Opportunities for Prevention

Here is a link to today's article if you'd like to read it: HIV and Syphilis Co-Screening Rates Among Patients Tested for Gonorrhea and Chlamydia at a Large, Urban Hospital - PubMed If you have suggestions for topics you'd like me to cover in future episodes please leave a comment! Thanks for listening

Do you work in the Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) field as a Disease Intervention professional? (DIS, outreach worker, family planning worker, STD clinic worker, STI program manager, community-based organization worker….)  Do you want to stay current on the research for STI/STD/HIV but don’t have the time to read journal articles?  If so, this podcast is for you!  STI Research Roundup will present current research from the published literature in an easy-to-understand way in a short amount of