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Chlamydia Screening Coverage Among Family Planning Providers in New Jersey

National Infertility Prevention Project (IPP) and Region II. Goal is reduction of STD-related infertility through

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Chlamydia Screening Coverage Among Family Planning Providers in New Jersey

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    1. Chlamydia Screening Coverage Among Family Planning Providers in New Jersey Data from the Region II Infertility Prevention Project Kelly Morrison Opdyke, MPH Deborah Polacek, RN OPA/OFP 2006 National Title X Grantee Meeting September 19, 2006 - Phoenix, Arizona

    2. National Infertility Prevention Project (IPP) and Region II Goal is reduction of STD-related infertility through “targeted” screening and treatment of women for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae Funded through a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between CDC and OPA. Region II consists of five Project Areas: New Jersey, New York City, New York State, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands Majority of chlamydia screening occurs in publicly funded family planning and STD clinics Recent “targeted” expansion to men and to both men and women in prison, juvenile detention, job corps and school settings

    3. Chlamydia Majority of Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct) infections occur among women age = 24 years. Most commonly reported bacterial STD – 929,462 cases were reported to CDC in 2004. CDC estimates almost 3 million cases of chlamydia occur annually. Majority of infections still go undetected. In 2004, median state-specific chlamydia test positivity in 15-24 year–old women in FP clinics was 6.3% (range 3.2% to 16.3%).

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