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An alternative model of sexually transmissible infection testing in men attending a sex-on-premises venue in Sydney: a cross-sectional descriptive study
- Source :
- Sexual Health. 13:353
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- CSIRO Publishing, 2016.
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Abstract
- Background Sydney Sexual Health Centre (SSHC) partnered with a large sex-on-premises venue, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District HIV and Related Programs Unit and AIDS Council of NSW (ACON) to develop and implement a community-based sexually transmissible infection (STI) screening model co-located in a sex-on-premises venue. This paper describes the process, the outcomes and examines the cost of this model. Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional study of gay and bisexual men (GBM) attending a STI testing service co-located in a sex-on-premises venue in Sydney city between the 1 November 2012 and 31 May 2014. Results: A total of 402 patrons had 499 testing episodes in the study period. Testing patrons were a median of 39.5 years of age, 221 (55%) were born overseas, 85 (21%) spoke a language other than English at home and 54 (13%) had a STI at first testing. A total of 105 (26%) testing patrons had never tested for a STI before. Of the 297 (74%) who had been tested before, 83 (21%) had not been tested within the last 12 months. A total of 77 STIs were detected in 63 people over 499 testing episodes, giving a STI positivity rate of 15% in the testing episodes. The prevalence of rectal chlamydia was the highest at 8% followed by pharyngeal gonorrhoea at 3%. A total of 97% of testing patrons were successfully relayed their results via their preferred methods within a median of 7.5 days. Conclusion: This paper highlights that offering STI screening in a community-based setting was an effective and low-cost alternative to traditional testing services.
- Subjects :
- Gerontology
medicine.medical_specialty
030505 public health
Chlamydia
biology
business.industry
Gonorrhea
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
medicine.disease
biology.organism_classification
Genital warts
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Infectious Diseases
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
Family medicine
Epidemiology
medicine
Syphilis
030212 general & internal medicine
0305 other medical science
business
Thrush
Reproductive health
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14485028
- Volume :
- 13
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Sexual Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....673fd90711a6111972bfca6251572212