Taylor Melaine, Prescott Larry, Brown James, Wong William, Allen Michelle, Broussard Dawn, Jordahl Lori, Kerndt Peter
Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Sex Transm Dis. 2005 Oct;32(10 Suppl):S24-9. doi: 10.1097/01.olq.0000180460.68191.ab.
Describe provider awareness campaigns undertaken in response to syphilis epidemics among men who have sex with men (MSM).
Descriptive data from 8 cities facing MSM syphilis epidemics was compiled.
Provider awareness efforts included medical alerts, provider visits, lectures to providers on symptom recognition and treatment, and ongoing provision of syphilis and other sexually transmitted diseases (STD) morbidity information through mailings, visits, and e-mail communications. Increases in private provider reporting of syphilis cases followed provider visits in Atlanta and overall provider education efforts in New York City. Decreases in reporting delays and increases in physician calls to the STD program were reported in San Francisco following provider syphilis lectures. Increases in provider participation in community action meetings followed provider awareness efforts in Houston, Chicago, and Miami.
Various methods were used to increase provider awareness of syphilis in these 8 cities. The cost and impact of these activities merits more formal evaluation to determine their contribution to syphilis control in MSM.
描述针对男男性行为者（MSM）中梅毒流行所开展的医疗服务提供者宣传活动。
汇总来自8个面临MSM梅毒流行城市的描述性数据。
医疗服务提供者的宣传工作包括医疗警报、走访医疗服务提供者、就症状识别与治疗对医疗服务提供者进行讲座，以及通过邮件、走访和电子邮件通信持续提供梅毒及其他性传播疾病（STD）的发病信息。在亚特兰大，医疗服务提供者走访后，私人医疗服务提供者报告的梅毒病例有所增加；在纽约市，整体医疗服务提供者教育工作之后也出现了这种情况。在旧金山，医疗服务提供者开展梅毒讲座后，报告延迟有所减少，医生致电STD项目的次数有所增加。在休斯敦、芝加哥和迈阿密，医疗服务提供者开展宣传工作后，医疗服务提供者参与社区行动会议的情况有所增加。
在这8个城市中，采用了各种方法来提高医疗服务提供者对梅毒的认识。这些活动的成本和影响值得进行更正式的评估，以确定它们对MSM梅毒控制的贡献。
