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Gill Bell Nurse Consultant Sexual Health Adviser Sheffield

Partner notification interviews: can they be done by telephone for patients diagnosed in the community?. Gill Bell Nurse Consultant Sexual Health Adviser Sheffield. Background. PN interviews traditionally face to face with a sexual health adviser in GUM Increased STI screening outside GUM

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Gill Bell Nurse Consultant Sexual Health Adviser Sheffield

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  1. Partner notification interviews: can they be done by telephone for patients diagnosed in the community? Gill Bell Nurse Consultant Sexual Health Adviser Sheffield

  2. Background • PN interviews traditionally face to face with a sexual health adviser in GUM • Increased STI screening outside GUM • High cost of trained interviewers in all testing sites • Telephone management feasible?

  3. Potential problems • More difficult to engage / negotiate over the phone • Time constraints • Lack of privacy • No body language

  4. Method Comparison of outcomes of PN for chlamydia: 1. Chlamydia Screening Programme positives Sept 2004 –May 2005 first interviewed by telephone 2. GUM cases chlamydia < 25s Number / gender matched September 2004 – March 2005 first interviewed face to face.

  5. Results

  6. Results

  7. Results

  8. Conclusion • Telephone PN can be as effective as face to face interviews • Reproducible with other interviewers? • Sustainable over time? • Patient perspective? • Adequate for health promotion / patient support?

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