Chatterjee N, Leonard L, Ross M
Center for Health Promotion Research and Development, University of Texas-Houston School of Public Health 77225, USA.
J Public Health Manag Pract. 1999 Sep;5(5):34-9. doi: 10.1097/00124784-199909000-00007.
Although sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are particularly widespread in poor, largely minority, inner-city areas, little is known about the role private physicians play in these communities in STD control. A cross-sectional mail survey of private physicians potentially involved in STD management in two inner-city communities in Houston, Texas with STD prevalence rates well above city, state, and national averages was conducted to find the level and type of STD care provided. Twenty-seven of 65 physicians completed the survey. The survey found that the preventive orientation among private providers of medical care in these inner-city communities has to be increased to effectively control STDs.
虽然性传播疾病（STD）在贫困、主要为少数族裔的市中心城区尤为普遍，但对于私人医生在这些社区的性传播疾病控制中所起的作用却知之甚少。对德克萨斯州休斯顿两个市中心社区中可能参与性传播疾病管理的私人医生进行了一项横断面邮件调查，这两个社区的性传播疾病患病率远高于城市、州和全国平均水平，目的是了解所提供的性传播疾病护理的水平和类型。65名医生中有27名完成了调查。调查发现，为有效控制性传播疾病，这些市中心社区的私人医疗服务提供者的预防意识必须提高。
