Evaluation of a New Website Design for Iwantthekit for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Trichomonas Screening

Kuder, Margaret; Goheen, Mary Jett; Dize, Laura; Barnes, Mathilda; Gaydos, Charlotte A.

doi:10.1097/olq.0000000000000270

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“…These tools could be combined with other interventions and demonstrate the full potential to become essential tools for public health. Kuder et al (2015), showed that a good website design captured more participant information and no decrease in requests, kit return, or treatment adherence of people with STDs.…”

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Documentary quality versus veracity of information of the websites on syphilis and gonorrhea

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Objective: Analyze the possible relation between the documentary quality (DQ) versus the veracity of information (VI) on the syphilis and gonorrhea web pages. Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study of websites containing information about syphilis and gonorrhea, by accessing this population through a Google. The quality was studied by using 8 variables belonging to DQ and 7 variables of the VI. Results: A total of 440 active websites mainly belonging to mass media and private entities was assessed. The fulfillment of DQ gave the following results: Mean 3.46 ± 0.07, median 4 and range from 0 to 7. The VI result was: median 4.07 ± 0.09, median 4 and range from 0 to 7. According to the search athwart syphilis or gonorrhea, the contrast of the median of the two indicators was: 3.55 vs 3.37 p = 0.181 and 4.14 vs 4.00 p = 0.442. No correlation was verified amid the data of DQ and VI (R = 0.04); p = 0.368. Similarly, no significance was observed when segregating data by disease, in the case of syphilis R = -0.03; p = 0.625 and on gonorrhea R = 0.12; p = 0.064. Conclusions: The DQ and VI bestowed low outcomes, which implies poor quality of syphilis and gonorrhea websites. According to infection (syphilis or gonorrhea), there were no meaningful differences amid the median values of the two indicators. Being acquainted with the authorship and affiliation of a website and the fact that it is tied to a prestigious web may be a factor to be deemed when predicting the VI of a website. The correlation amid the two indicators did not demonstrate an association, thus, knowing the DQ does not imply having the security of an adequate VI.

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Documentary quality versus veracity of information of the websites on syphilis and gonorrhea

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“…Home testing has shown promise as a mechanism to increase chlamydia screening in other settings, 17, 18 and an Internet-based test ordering system has been implemented in at least one other native community. 7 However, some findings from our survey suggest that a screening program with a significant Internet-based component could be challenging in this community.…”

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Community-Based Assessment to Inform a Chlamydia Screening Program for Women in a Rural American Indian Community

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Background Rates of chlamydial infection in American Indian/Alaska Native women in the United States are approximately 4-fold those in non-Hispanic white women. We conducted a community-based survey of self-identified American Indian/Alaska Native women 14 to 25 years of age on a reservation in the Northwestern United States to inform a chlamydia screening strategy. Methods The anonymous survey assessed respondents’ knowledge, perceptions, and preferences related to chlamydia screening, results receipt, and partner notification. We recruited women using respondent-driven sampling, school-based sampling, and direct recruitment through social media and fliers. Participants in schools completed the survey as a paper-based, self-administered survey. Other participants could complete the survey in person, by phone as an interviewer-administered survey, or online. Results We recruited 162 participants, most in schools (n = 83; 51%) or by peer referral (n = 55; 34%). Only 1 woman completed the survey online. Thirty-one respondents (19%) reported a history of an unplanned first pregnancy, and 19 (12%) reported a history of a diagnosed sexually transmitted disease. Most women (n = 98; 63%) recognized the potential impact of Chlamydia trachomatis on fertility. The preferred site for chlamydia screening was the Indian Health Service Clinic (n = 114; 70%), but 79 women (41%) would accept a C. trachomatis test at a nonclinical testing site. Of the 56 women (35%) who would accept home testing, most preferred to get the test kit from a clinic. Conclusions Our results suggest that Indian Health Service efforts to increase chlamydia screening in the clinic and through outreach may be more successful than promotion of home testing in this population.

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“…21 A well-established program in Maryland and Washington DC that offers free mail-in testing for CT, GC, and trichomonas tested 858 specimens during 6 months in 2012. 22 A survey of young adults found 93% thought self-tests were a “good idea”, 73% thought people their age would use the tests, and they expected to pay an average of $23 per test. 23 How many will actually purchase and use a real self-test remains to be seen.…”

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Preparing for the Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Self-Test

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New technology may soon allow individuals to test themselves for chlamydia and gonorrhea. These new self-tests might help increase screening, but they will also bring new issues for treatment, prevention, and surveillance. Providers will need to decide how to respond to patients who present after a positive screening test and how to approach partner testing and treatment. Research will be needed to identify approaches to increase screening using these tests. Laboratory-based surveillance will not capture infections if testing does not involve a laboratory, so new surveillance techniques will be needed. Self-tests are new tools that will soon be available. We should be prepared to use them.

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Evaluation of a New Website Design for Iwantthekit for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Trichomonas Screening

Cited by 14 publications

References 15 publications

Documentary quality versus veracity of information of the websites on syphilis and gonorrhea

Documentary quality versus veracity of information of the websites on syphilis and gonorrhea

Community-Based Assessment to Inform a Chlamydia Screening Program for Women in a Rural American Indian Community

Preparing for the Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Self-Test

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