Rasooly I, Millson M E, Frank J W, Naus M, Coates R A, Oxman A D, Scott E A, Sellors J W, Clark J
Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, University of Toronto, Ontario.
Can J Public Health. 1994 Jul-Aug;85 Suppl 1:S48-52.
To describe the range of practice for sexually transmitted disease (STD) contact tracing/partner notification (PN) by public health agencies in Canada.
A two-level mailed survey, using two different questionnaires, was conducted from Aug. 1991 to Feb. 1992, directed to: 1) provincial and territorial epidemiologists/directors of STD control, asking about program organization; and 2) 154 local health units/provincially run PN programs, asking about practice patterns of STD partner notification.
In Canada, STD PN by public health agencies is routinely practised in most provinces. PN efforts vary by the STD; less PN effort goes to chlamydia despite a high burden of illness; HIV PN is frequently perceived to be within the responsibility of the physician. For STDs with higher PN effort, the preferred method is provider referral. Targeting is seldom utilized, and there are little available data at a local level monitoring even process measures of effectiveness.
描述加拿大公共卫生机构进行性传播疾病（STD）接触者追踪/性伴侣通知（PN）的业务范围。
1991年8月至1992年2月开展了一项两级邮寄调查，使用两种不同的问卷，调查对象为：1）省级和地区流行病学家/性传播疾病控制主任，询问项目组织情况；2）154个地方卫生单位/省级性伴侣通知项目，询问性传播疾病性伴侣通知的业务模式。
在加拿大，大多数省份的公共卫生机构都常规开展性传播疾病性伴侣通知工作。性伴侣通知工作因性传播疾病而异；尽管衣原体病负担沉重，但针对衣原体病的性伴侣通知工作较少；人们通常认为医生应负责艾滋病毒性伴侣通知工作。对于性伴侣通知工作力度较大的性传播疾病，首选方法是由医疗服务提供者进行转诊。很少采用目标定位法，甚至在地方层面也几乎没有可用数据来监测有效性的过程指标。
