Sharing Successes and Strategies During an Era of UncertaintyThe Global Context of STDs in the US: Microbial Threats and the Public Health Response - PF Sparling, slides (16 MB), web cast
Program, Policy, and Politics: Reflections of a State Health Official - W Kassler, Kassler did not use slides, web cast
Contextual View of STD Prevention in Adolescents: New Perspectives, New Approaches
P Bearman, slides (1.6 MB), web cast
L Jemmott, slides (12.2 MB), web cast
D Mann, slides (0.8 MB), web cast
HPV in 2004: Public Health Response to New Tools - web cast ;
L Koutsky, slides (1.2 MB), web cast
T Wright, slides (1.8 MB), web cast
C Ebel, slides (1.5 MB), web cast
Doing Good? Ethical Challenges in STD Research and Prevention - A Caplan, Caplan did not use slides. web cast
MSM in 2004: Risk-taking vs. Prevention Practice and the Changing Sexual Marketplace
T Peterman, slides (0.5 MB), web cast
D Savage, Savage did not use slides, web cast
K Fenton, slides (0.5 MB), web cast
Rapid Cycle Quality Improvement for STD Services in the US Healthcare System - web cast
D Stevens, slides (0.2 MB), web cast
M Shafer, slides (0.5 MB), web cast
M Henderson, slides (0.2 MB), web cast
2004 and Beyond: Vision of STD Prevention in an Era of Uncertainty - JM Douglas, Jr., slides (1.7 MB), web cast ;
A1- Topics in Bacterial STDs, Their Sequelae, and Their Impact on Women
The Natural History of New Sexual Partnerships: A Niche for Bacterial STDs - G Garnett -slides not available
A Unified Optimal Resource Allocation Model for Screening and Treating Chlamydia Trachomatis and Neisseria Gonorrhoeae Infections among Asymptomatic Women - B Abban - slides (.5 MB)
Assay Results vs. Self-reported HIV/STDs: Does Measurement Discrepancy Vary by Level of Risk Behavior? - B Iritani, slides (.2 MB)
A Comparison of Three Different Strategies to Treat Partners of Men with Urethritis - P Kissinger, slides (.1 MB)
Trends in Clinic Visits and Diagnosed C. trachomatis (CT) and N. gonorrhoeae (GC) Infections Following the Introduction of a Co-Pay in an STD Clinic - C Rietmeijer, slides (.4 MB)
Transmission of Chlamydia trachomatis Between Heterosexual Sex Partners: Preliminary Results from a Genotype-specific Concordance Study - JA Schillinger, slides (1.8 MB)
A2 - Overcoming Barriers to Syphilis Control
Rapid Diagnostics for Syphilis in US Clinical Settings: A Preliminary Review of the Study Data - M Sutton, slides (.7 MB)
Successful Prevention of Syphilis Infection With Azithromycin in Both HIV-negative and HIV-positive Individuals, San Francisco, 1999-2003 - R Kohn, slides (.2 MB);
Azithromycin Resistance in Treponema pallidum in the United States and Ireland is Associated With a Mutation in the 23S rRNA Gene - S Lukehart, slides (.5 MB)
Whose Fault is Syphilis? Physicians’ Views on Syphilis Elimination - BP Stoner, slides (.6 MB);
Developing, Designing, and Disseminating a Syphilis Awareness Campaign Targeting MSM - EL Roland, slides (.2 MB);
Development of Innovative Health Communication Materials to Eliminate Syphilis Among Urban MSM - J Mayer, slides (.5 MB)
A3 - The Public Health Response to Genital Herpes: Where Do We Stand?
HH Handsfield, slides1 (7.5 MB) slides2 (.2 MB), web cast ;
CL Celum, slides (6.8 MB), web cast ;
L Corey, slides (1.1 MB), web cast ;
G Bolan, slides (.03 MB), web cast ;
PA Leone, slides (.02 MB), web cast ;
A4 - Moving Clients from “Kiss then Tell” to “Tell then Kiss”: Supporting Conversations Around Patient Self Disclosure of HIV or STD Status - G Mehlhaff, L DeSantis, slides (.1 MB);
A-5 - Improving Provider Performance
Assessing the Training Needs of Managed Care Providers: Implications for STD Clinical Training Targeting This Hard-to- Reach Group - J Dyer, slides (2.5 MB)
Assessing Training Needs Related to the Care of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs): Perspectives of Medical Providers Working among American Indian and Alaska Native Populations (AI/ANs) - C Mason, slides (.1 MB)
Developing STD/HIV Training Capacity Among Spanish-Speaking Community Prevention Providers - A Pérez; slides (.3 MB)
What Do Physicians Know and Want to Learn about STD/HIV Partner Notification? - R Thomas; slides (.8 MB)
Developing and Implementing an STD Treatment Verification Program in San Francisco - L Fischer; slides (.2 MB)
Integration of Viral Hepatitis Prevention with STD Prevention: What Health Professionals Should Know - J Todd; slides (.1 MB)
A6 - Integrating STD Services into Medical Care - Moderator - K Irwin
Sexual Risk Behaviors and Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Prevalence in an Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic - LH Bachmann; slides (.1 MB));
Screening Rates Before and After the Introduction of the Chlamydia HEDIS (Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set) Measure in a Managed Care Organization - GR Burstein; slides (.2 MB)
Genital Chlamydia trachomatis Screening Practices in the Private Sector: Who, Why, and How Much? - J Armstrong; slides (7.9 MB)
Integrating STD Standards of Care Into Family Planning Services: Evaluation of Chlamydia Screening Practices and Development of a Quality Improvement Intervention - JM Chow; slides (.2 MB)
Screening and Treating Patients for Asymptomatic Sexually Transmitted Infections in an Inner-City Emergency Department - NR Glick; slides (.4 MB);
Extending Preventive Care to Pediatric Urgent Care: A New Venue for CT Screening? - MA Shafer; slides (.5 MB)
A7 - Emerging Patterns and Trends in Nationally Notifiable Sexually Transmitted Diseases, United States - H Weinstock, Moderator
Trends in Chlamydia trachomatis Infections in the US - D Mosure, slides (.5 MB)
Recent Trends in Gonorrhea in the US - L Newman, slides (1.7 MB)
Update on Gonococcal Resistance in the US - S Wang, slides (.2 MB)
Syphilis Trends in the US - J Heffelfinger, slides (4.9 MB)
A8 - Finding the Invisible Man: A Best Practices Model for HIV/AIDS-STD Prevention & Services for AAMSM Through Community Collaboration - O Johnson; slides (1.2 MB)
A9 - Multilevel Risk Factors/Multilevel Interventions: Complexities in STD Population Dynamics and STD Prevention - SO Aral, Moderator
The Partnership Level Risk Factors and Evolution of Sex Partnerships - P Gorbach, slides (.3 MB)
Clinic vs. Population-Based Studies of STD Epidemiology: Similarities and Differences - L Manhart, slides (.3 MB)
Sexual Mixing Patterns of American Women - J Kraut-Becher, slides (.2 MB)
A Multi-Level Profile of African-American Women’s Sexual Risks: Partnerships, Context and More - A Adimora, slides (.3 MB)
Behavioral, Biological and Structural Components of MSM STI Morbidity - SM Goodreau; slides (.8 MB)
The Same Transmission Dynamics Drive the Fast Gay and Slow African HIV Epidemics - BL Rapatski; slides (.1 MB)
Sponsored Symposium
Guidelines for the Use of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Serologies: Recommendations From the California Sexually Transmitted Diseases Controllers Association and the California Department of Health Services - S Guerry, H Bauer, J Klausner, B Branagan, P Kerndt, B Allen, G Bolan,
Debate
Controversies in STD Diagnostics: Should Confirmatory Testing of NAATS Be Routine for Chlamydia and Gonococcal Infections in Populations with <4% Prevalence?
Moderator - EW Hook III, slides (.04 MB)
Chlamydia:
Pro: H Wiesenfeld, slides (3.5 MB)
Con: J Schachter, slides not available
Gonorrhea:
Pro: D Martin, slides (.2 MB)
Con: M Golden, slides (.3 MB)
B1 - STD Clinic Clients With Repeat Bacterial STDs: Who Are They and How Do We Intervene?
Changes in Sex Networks and Repeat STDs Among Male Adolescents - JM Ellen; slides (.1 MB)
Repeat Infections among Adolescents: Findings from a Philadelphia - N Liddon, slides (.1 MB)
Life Story Narratives: Similarities and Differences in Adolescents Who Acquire Repeat STDs - C McGhan, slides (3.6 MB)
Repeat STDs and Core Transmitters - K Bernstein, slides (.9 MB)
Repeat STDs: Why Are So Many STD Clinic Patients Refractory to Clinic-Based Interventions? - EJ. Erbelding, slides (.1 MB)
B2 - Potpourri of Selected STD Issues: Historical Lessons in Syphilis Control Efforts, Male Screening and the Latest Counts of Infected Youth
“The Clap Doctor,” “The Father of Spin,” and Other Historical Lessons for Syphilis Elimination - W Petz, slides (.5 MB);
World War II: “The Most Extensive Syphilis Case Finding Program in the History of the World” - L McGough, slides (.9 MB);
Repeat Infection with Chlamydia trachomatis: Rate and Predictors among Males - EF Dunne; slides (.6 MB)
The Cost-Effectiveness of Screening Men for Chlamydia to Prevent Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) in Women - T Gift; slides (.2 MB)
Communicating the Facts and Figures about Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Youth - JR Cates; slides (.3 MB)
Physician Attitudes and Receptiveness to STD Vaccines - A Carpico; slides (.3 MB)
B3 - Turning STD Surveillance Data into Action
LM Newman, slides (.3 MB);
M Samuel, slides (.3 MB);
J Stover, slides (2.9 MB);
M Stenger, slides (.5 MB); and
J Ellen, slides (2.4 MB);
B4 - Bathhouses and Sex Clubs: How Risky Are Their Patrons? How Can That Drive Our Programs and Policies? - D Wohlfeiler, WJ Woods, T Farley, J Montoya, C Cadabes, M Mutchler, F Spielberg,
B5 - The Prevention and Management of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Persons Living with HIV/AIDS: A Training Developed by the Eastern Geographic Quadrant of the National Network of STD/HIV Prevention Training Centers (PTCs)
P Coury-Doniger, slides (2.2 MB);
S Ratelle, slides (2 MB);
S Payette, slides (2.2 MB)
B6 - Social Context/Community and STD Prevention
Trends in Incidence of Sexually Transmitted Enteric Infections in Neighborhoods with Differing Proportions of Men Who Have Sex with Men, New York City 1998-2002 - MA Marx; slides (5.7 MB)
The Impact of the 1992 Los Angeles Civil Unrest on Gonorrhea - DA Cohen, slides not available
Implications of Measures of Hispanic Ethnicity for STD Prevention and Transmission - M Adam; slides (.1 MB)
Qualitative Assessment of the Cognitive Difference Among Abused and Nonabused Minority Women with STD: Implications for Behavioral Interventions - JD Champion; slides (.3 MB)
County-level Characteristics Associated with Rates of Neiserria gonorrhoeae in the United States, 2000 to 2002 - M Greenberg; slides (.4 MB)
Large Gonorrhea Outbreak in a Rural California County, 2003 - MC Samuel; slides (3.6 MB)
B7 - A Social Skills Counseling Intervention to Enhance Condom Use by Female Family Planning Clients - L Winter; slides not used
B8 - Intervening With Substance-using Men Newly Released From Jail: Challenges and Strategies, slides (.1 MB); C Sperling, ; J Tomlin, A Rakestraw, T Hall, J Greenberg, SP Williams, Moderator
B9 - Partner Notification/Disclosure Issues in STD Prevention
HIV Partner Notification in the U.S.: A National Survey of Program Coverage and Outcomes - MR Golden; slides (.1 MB), web cast ;
HIV Status Disclosure Among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM): Use, Mis-Use, and Implications for Prevention - R Hutcheson; slides (.1 MB), web cast
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”: Patterns of HIV Disclosure Among HIV Positive Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) Practicing High Risk Behavior In Los Angeles and Seattle - PM Gorbach; slides (.2 MB), web cast
Self-efficacy of Disclosure in Adolescents - L Lowery; slides (.6 MB), web cast
Utilizing the Internet for Partner Notification - P Constant; slides (.2 MB), web cast ;
Initiating Partner Notification Over the Internet - A Delicata; slides (.1 MB), web cast
C1 - Bugs, Drugs, Dollars, and Tests: Making the Most of Scarce Resources for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Screening and Treatment - slides (1.3 MB); DC Gunter, TL Gift, B Abban, CK Kent, LA Schamus, BH Butler, BA McDonald,
C2 - Syphilis Epidemiology and Surveillance Tools - S Blank - Moderator
Reassessing a Large Syphilis Epidemic Using an Estimated Infection Date - CM Schumache; slides (.8 MB)
Risk Factors for Early Syphilis Among Men Who Have Sex With Men Seen in an STD Clinic, San Francisco 2002-2003 - W Wong; slides (3 MB)
Syphilis in Detroit, Michigan: Population Dynamics and Effective Interventions - C Merritt; slides (.4 MB)
Syphilis Surveillance: What Are We Looking At? - T Peterman; slides (.4 MB)
How Reactor Grids Affect Syphilis Surveillance and Outbreak Detection
EH Koumans, slides (.3 MB);
CA McLean, slides not available;
K Seechuk, slides not used
C3 - HSV & HPV Prevention: Epidemiology, Diagnostic, and Treatment Issues - L Markowitz - Moderator
The Seroepidemiology of HPV-16 Infection Among Men and Women Attending STD Clinics in the United States - DL Thompson; slides (.1 MB)
Incidence, Clearance, and Persistence of HPV in a Cohort of Female Adolescents - E Samoff; slides (.1 MB)
Trends in Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Infection in the United States - F Xu; slides (.4 MB)
The Epidemiological Impact of Suppressive Therapy to Reduce Transmission of Genital Herpes - G Garnett, slides not available
Suppressive Valacyclovir Therapy Soon After Initial Genital Herpes: Clinical Efficacy and Impact on Herpes-Related Quality of Life - T Warren; slides (.1 MB)
The Impact of Genital Herpes on Health Status Preferences - R Patel; slides (.1 MB)
C4 - A Transgender Client Walks In…Now What? Meeting the Needs of Your Transgender Clients - LA Sausa, slides not used
C5 - Alternative Venues for STD Prevention - Moderator - S DeLisle
Commercial Sex Venues: A Closer Look at Their Impact on the Syphilis Epidemics Among Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM) in Los Angeles - G Aynalem; slides (.5 MB), web cast
Screening Massage Parlor Sex Industry Workers-How Often Should Sex Industry Workers Be Screened? - BP Schumann; slides (.3 MB), web cast
Anonymous Sex Venues for MSM: Implementing Outreach Screening for Syphilis & HIV at Adult Bookstores - B Collins; slides (.1 MB), web cast
The Internet: Emerging Venue for Syphilis Epidemics Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Los Angeles - K Hawkins, slides (.4 MB), web cast
An Outcome Evaluation of the Internet Alert Project - R Kachur; slides (.1 MB), web cast
Lessons Learned: Sexual Health Social Marketing in Retail Pharmacies - S Cohen, slides (18.5 MB), web cast
C6 - Current Issues Related to Youth and STD Prevention - Moderator - T Kreinin
STD/HIV Risk From Adolescence to Adulthood: Longitudinal Risk Behavior Patterns and Infection Status - D Hallfors; slides (.1 MB)
Adolescent Screening Project -Partnerships within the Community - L Byer; slides (.5 MB)
STD Risk Behaviors Among Incarcerated Youth - A Robertson; slides (.2 MB);
Community Health Investigator Project: A Project-Based Science Curriculum on Communicable and Sexually Transmitted Diseases - B Hug; slides not available
Taking the Test – Making the Grade: Implementing a Broad-based GC/CT Screening Program in Philadelphia’s Public High Schools - M Salmon, slides (.1 MB)
The Need for Sexually Transmitted Disease Screening in School-Based Health Centers - M Nsuami; slides (.1 MB)
C7 - Ethical Principles and Regulatory Requirements in the Prevention and Control of Sexually Transmitted Infections: Seminal and Emerging Topics
S Semaan, slides1 (.3 MB), slides2 (.3 MB);
KM MacQueen, slides (.1 MB);
DC Des Jarlais, slides (.1 MB);
JV Lavery, slides (1 MB);
D Borasky, slides (.6 MB);
S Burris, Discussant slides (.4 MB)
C8 - Disease Intervention Specialist Activities: How Sexually Transmitted Disease Control Programs Can Most Effectively Utilize DIS in the 21st Century - S Coulter, Moderator;
K Myers, slides (.2 MB);
D Broussard, slides (1.1 MB);
L Shroeder, slides not used
A Lozano, slides (22 MB)
C9 - Mujer Sana ~ Healthy Woman: A Participatory Action Research Model for HIV, STD, TB, Hepatitis A, B, and C Prevention - R Andrade, P Manning, slides not used
Sponsored Symposium - Genital HSV: 60 Million and Declining?
Seroprevalence of HSV-2 in Suburban Primary Care Offices - D Fleming; slides (.5 MB)
Trends in Herpes Simples Virus Type 2 infection in the United States —Data from NHANES - F Xu. slides (.5 MB)
D1 - Patient-Delivered Partner Therapy - Moderator - S Berman
Legal Status of Patient Delivered Partner Therapy (PDPT) in the U.S.: A National Survey of State Pharmacy Boards and Boards of Medical Examiners - U Anukam, slides (.2 MB), web cast
Concurrent STD Morbidity in Sexual Contacts to Persons with Bacterial STDs: Implications for Patient-Delivered Partner Therapy - J Stekler, slides (.1 MB), web cast
A Randomized Trial of Three Different Strategies to Treat Partners of Women with Trichomonas vaginalis - H Mohammed, slides (.1 MB), web cast
Acceptance of Patient-delivered Partner-therapy for Syphilis Among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM), San Francisco, CA - W Tun, slides (3.3 MB), web cast
Patient-delivered Partner Therapy for Chlamydia Infections: Attitudes and Practices of California Physicians and Nurse Practitioners - L Packel, slides (.5 MB), web cast
Partner-Delivered Partner Therapy for STD: Evidence and Prospects for Implementation - M Hogben, slides (.9 MB), web cast
D2 - Evaluating STD Prevention – Examples from Syphilis and Hepatitis
Part 1 - Practical Examples Evaluating Community Partnerships for Syphilis Prevention
B Apt, slides (.2 MB);
M King, slides (.1 MB);
D Napp, slides (.04 MB);
T Gunter, slides (1.4 MB);
Part 2 - Evaluating the Impact of Integrating Viral Hepatitis Services in HIV and STD Settings
D Lentine, slides (.2 MB);
K Schlanger, slides (.2 MB);
J Subiadur, slides (.2 MB)
D3 - Advancing HIV Prevention: New Strategies for a Changing Epidemic - LM Lee - Moderator;
SD Griffiths, slides (2.5 MB);
B Branson, slides (5.6 MB);
J Prejean, slides (.2 MB);
R Romaguera, slides (.2 MB);
D4 - Challenges in STD Prevention for Men Who Have Sex with Men - Moderator - R Valdiserri,
Gonorrhea Positivity Among Men Who Have Sex With Men Attending STD Clinics in the United States, 2002 - CA McLean, slides not available
Crystal Use, Viagra Use, and Specific Sexual Risk Behaviors of Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) during a Recent Anal Sex Encounter - G Mansergh, slides not available
Methamphetamine Use, Sexual Behavior, and Sexually Transmitted Diseases Among Men Who Have Sex with Men Seen in an STD Clinic, San Francisco 2002–2003 - SJ Mitchell, slides (.4 MB)
Characteristics of MSM Syphilis Cases Using the Internet to Seek Male Sex Partners, California, 2001-2003 - T Lo, slides (1.7 MB)
Factors Associated With Potential Exposure to and Transmission of HIV in a Probability Sample of Men Who Have Sex with Men - DD Brewer, slides (.1 MB)
No Need to Wrap It: HIV Gift-giver Newsgroups, Gift Theory and Exchanging HIV as a Gift - ME Graydon. slides (.1 MB);
D5 - Educating State and National Policymakers - Deborah Arrindell, L Speissegger, slides not used
D6 - Integrating STD Prevention with Family Planning and HIV Services - J Asley - Moderator
Provision of Emergency Contraception in an STD Clinic: Results from a Pilot Project in New York City - L Evans, slides (.1 MB)
Evaluating Efforts to Increase Testing for Repeat Chlamydia Infection Among Women in California Family Planning Clinics - R Gindi, slides (.6 MB)
HIV/STD Prevention for HIV Positive Women: Integration of Family Planning Services and HIV Care - B Green, slides (.1 MB)
Gonorrhea Screening Strategies and Guideline Development for Non-Pregnant Female Patients in the California Family Planning Clinic Setting - H Howard, slides (.5 MB)
STD Testing Protocols, STD Testing and Discussion of Sexual Behaviors in HIV Clinics - M Taylor, slides (.9 MB)
The Integration of Sexually Transmitted Disease Testing and HIV Counseling and Testing In Los Angeles County, 2002 - H Rotblatt, slides (.9 MB)
D7 - Issues Surrounding the Promotion of Condoms for STD Prevention - J Shlay, L Warner, M Steiner, G Mansergh, slides not available
D8 - Partnering With Hospital Emergency Departments for Syphilis Elimination - slides (.2 MB); C Moseley, M Mahadevappa, M Shulz
Syphilis Outbreak in Southwestern Idaho — 2002-2003 - J Bartschi; slides (.2 MB)
Syphilis Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: Limitations of Traditional Case and Partner Services, San Diego County, CA - RA Gunn; slides (.1 MB)
Rapid Emergence of Gonococcal Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Men Who Have Sex With Men in King County, Washington - WLH Whittington, slides (.1 MB)
Partner Impairment of Safe Sex Behavior by Women Participating in a Randomized, Controlled STD/HIV Prevention Trial - A Holden; slides (.1 MB)
Remnants of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study Effects on University Freshmen: Yet a Possible Barrier to Research Participation? - CB Spivey; slides (.2 MB)
Parental Receptiveness to a Hypothetical HPV Vaccine - AJ Lenar; slides (.3 MB)