Community-based Implementation of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Recommended Screening for Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Youth at High Risk for HIV Infection in Los Angeles and New Orleans.

We examined whether the implementation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recommended screening of Chlamydia trachomatis/Neisseria gonorrhoeae with proactive follow-up among high-risk youth recruited from community and clinic settings reduced future C. trachomatis/N. gonorrhoeae diagnoses. After the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recommendations demonstrated a 41% decline in sexually transmitted infections; 3 tests in 1 year resulted in a 10% decline. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]