Plax Katie, Garbutt Jane, Kaushik Gaurav N
All of the authors are with the Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO. Jane Garbutt is also with the Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine.
Am J Public Health. 2015 Jul;105(7):1394-8. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302569. Epub 2015 May 14.
We investigated the development of and service utilization at Supporting Positive Opportunities with Teens (SPOT)-a community-based health and social service facility in St. Louis, Missouri, for youths that focuses on increasing HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing.
We identified the US-based, co-located youth health and social service models that guided the establishment of the SPOT. We analyzed the first 5 years (2008-2013) of service delivery and utilization data.
During the study period, the SPOT provided services for 8233 youths in 37,480 visits. The 5 most utilized services included HIV and STI screening, food, transportation, contraception, and case management. A total of 9812 gonorrhea and chlamydia screenings revealed 1379 (14.1%) cases of chlamydia and 437 (4.5%) cases of gonorrhea, and 5703 HIV tests revealed 59 HIV infections (1.0%); 93.0% of patients found to have an STI were treated within a 5-day window.
Co-locating health and social services in informal community settings attracts high-risk youths to utilize services and can prove instrumental in reducing STI burden in this population.
我们调查了“支持青少年积极机会”(SPOT)——密苏里州圣路易斯市一家以社区为基础的健康和社会服务机构的发展情况及服务利用情况,该机构专注于增加青少年的艾滋病毒和性传播感染(STI)检测。
我们确定了指导SPOT建立的美国境内、同地办公的青少年健康和社会服务模式。我们分析了前5年(2008 - 2013年)的服务提供和利用数据。
在研究期间,SPOT为8233名青少年提供了服务,共进行了37480次就诊。使用最多的5项服务包括艾滋病毒和性传播感染筛查、食品、交通、避孕及病例管理。总共9812次淋病和衣原体筛查发现了1379例(14.1%)衣原体病例和437例(4.5%)淋病病例,5703次艾滋病毒检测发现了59例艾滋病毒感染(1.0%);93.0%被发现感染性传播感染的患者在5天内接受了治疗。
在非正式社区环境中整合健康和社会服务能够吸引高危青少年利用服务,并有助于减轻该人群的性传播感染负担。