1 / 15

Gonorrhea in Arizona: Epidemiology and Program Efforts

Gonorrhea in Arizona: Epidemiology and Program Efforts. Michelle Winscott, MD, MPH Epidemiologist January 14, 2010. Arizona Department of Health Services STD Control Program winscom@azdhs.gov. Arizona 2001-2009. * 2009 data estimated based upon available ADHS dataset. Year 2010 Goal:

aurora-witt
Download Presentation

Gonorrhea in Arizona: Epidemiology and Program Efforts

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Gonorrhea in Arizona: Epidemiology and Program Efforts Michelle Winscott, MD, MPH Epidemiologist January 14, 2010 Arizona Department of Health Services STD Control Program winscom@azdhs.gov

  2. Arizona 2001-2009 *2009 data estimated based upon available ADHS dataset Year 2010 Goal: 19 cases/100,000 population

  3. Gonorrhea Testing Trends via the Maricopa County Laboratory and the Arizona Infertility Prevention Project

  4. Race/Ethnicity among Arizona Gonorrhea Cases by Gender, 2008 N = 1869 cases Refused race = 2 N = 1577 cases Refused race = 0

  5. Arizona Gonorrhea Cases and Percentages by Provider Type, 2008

  6. N=795 cases N=640 cases N=193cases N=1821 cases

  7. Arizona 2008 Gonorrhea Cases and Rates, by County

  8. Pima County: Tucson Metropolitan Area Gonorrhea Cases by Zip Code of Residence, 2008 Location of Pima County Health Department STD Clinic

  9. Gonorrhea in Arizona • Declining rates of gonorrhea despite increased screening • Gonorrhea cases diagnosed in the Maricopa and Pima County STD Clinics are interviewed and investigated • Treatment verification in Maricopa County of gonorrhea cases reported without treatment • Expedited Partner Therapy (2008) • Participating (Maricopa County) in GISP since 1987

  10. Areas for Program Expansion • Planned/Underway • Hospitals: presumptive treatment education and EPT discharge planning • Gonorrhea and HIV co-morbidity analyses • Focused gonorrhea screening in high risk populations (2010 Arizona IPP gonorrhea screening) • Providers queried for missing data elements among gonorrhea cases • Provider EPT surveys • STD screening in Maricopa County high schools • Future • Expanding gonorrhea partner notification • Increasing treatment verification in corrections and hospitals • Expanding community and provider partnerships

  11. Thank You!

More Related