2004
National STD Prevention Conference
Abstracts and Slides
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2004 and Beyond: Vision of STD Prevention in an Era of Uncertainty
- JM Douglas, Jr., abstract,
bio,
slides (1.7 MB),
web
cast ;
Oral Symposium and
Workshop Abstracts - Monday Sessions (A)
A1- Topics in Bacterial STDs, Their Sequelae,
and Their Impact on Women
The Natural History
of New Sexual Partnerships: A Niche for Bacterial STDs - G
Garnett - abstract;
slides not available
A Unified Optimal Resource Allocation Model for
Screening and Treating Chlamydia Trachomatis and Neisseria
Gonorrhoeae Infections among Asymptomatic
Women -
B Abban - abstract;
slides (.5 MB)
Assay Results vs. Self-reported HIV/STDs: Does
Measurement Discrepancy Vary by Level of Risk Behavior? -
B Iritani, abstract;
slides (.2 MB)
A Comparison of Three Different Strategies to Treat
Partners of Men with Urethritis - P
Kissinger, abstract;
slides (.1 MB)
Trends in Clinic Visits and Diagnosed C. trachomatis (CT) and N.
gonorrhoeae (GC) Infections Following the Introduction
of a Co-Pay in an STD Clinic - C
Rietmeijer, abstract;
slides (.4 MB)
Transmission of Chlamydia trachomatis Between Heterosexual
Sex Partners: Preliminary Results from a Genotype-specific Concordance
Study - JA
Schillinger, abstract;
slides (1.8 MB)
A2 - Overcoming Barriers to Syphilis Control
Rapid Diagnostics for Syphilis in US Clinical Settings:
A Preliminary Review of the Study Data - M Sutton, abstract;
slides (.7 MB)
Successful Prevention of Syphilis Infection With
Azithromycin in Both HIV-negative and HIV-positive Individuals,
San Francisco, 1999-2003 - R
Kohn, abstract;
slides (.2 MB);
Azithromycin Resistance in Treponema pallidum in
the United States and Ireland is Associated With a Mutation in
the 23S rRNA Gene - S
Lukehart, abstract;
slides (.5 MB)
Whose Fault is Syphilis? Physicians’ Views
on Syphilis Elimination - BP Stoner, abstract;
slides (.6 MB);
Developing, Designing, and Disseminating a Syphilis
Awareness Campaign Targeting MSM - EL
Roland, abstract;
slides
(.2 MB);
Development of Innovative Health Communication
Materials to Eliminate Syphilis Among Urban MSM - J
Mayer, abstract;
slides (.5 MB)
A3 - The Public Health Response to Genital
Herpes: Where Do We Stand? - abstract;
A4 - Moving Clients from “Kiss then Tell” to “Tell
then Kiss”: Supporting Conversations Around Patient Self
Disclosure of HIV or STD Status - abstract; G
Mehlhaff, L DeSantis,
slides (.1 MB);
A-5 - Improving Provider Performance
Assessing the Training Needs of Managed Care Providers:
Implications for STD Clinical Training Targeting This Hard-to-
Reach Group - J
Dyer, abstract;
slides (2.5 MB)
Assessing Training Needs Related to the Care of
Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs): Perspectives of Medical
Providers Working among American Indian and Alaska Native Populations
(AI/ANs) - C
Mason, abstract;
slides (.1 MB)
Developing STD/HIV Training Capacity Among Spanish-Speaking
Community Prevention Providers - A
Pérez, abstract;
slides (.3 MB)
What Do Physicians Know and Want to Learn about
STD/HIV Partner Notification? - R
Thomas, abstract;
slides (.8 MB)
Developing and Implementing an STD Treatment Verification
Program in San Francisco - L
Fischer, abstract;
slides (.2 MB)
Integration of Viral Hepatitis Prevention with
STD Prevention: What Health Professionals Should Know - J
Todd, abstract;
slides (.1 MB)
A6 - Integrating STD Services into Medical Care
- Moderator - K Irwin
Sexual Risk Behaviors and Sexually Transmitted
Infection (STI) Prevalence in an Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic
- LH Bachmann, abstract;
slides
(.1 MB));
Screening Rates Before and After the Introduction
of the Chlamydia HEDIS (Health Plan Employer Data and Information
Set) Measure in a Managed Care Organization - GR
Burstein,
abstract;
slides
(.2 MB)
Genital Chlamydia trachomatis Screening Practices
in the Private Sector: Who, Why, and How Much? - J
Armstrong, abstract;
slides (7.9 MB)
Integrating STD Standards of Care Into Family Planning
Services: Evaluation of Chlamydia Screening Practices and Development
of a Quality Improvement Intervention - JM
Chow, abstract;
slides (.2 MB)
Screening and Treating Patients for Asymptomatic
Sexually Transmitted Infections in an Inner-City Emergency Department
- NR
Glick, abstract;
slides (.4 MB);
Extending Preventive Care to Pediatric Urgent Care:
A New Venue for CT Screening? - MA
Shafer, abstract;
slides (.5 MB)
A7 - Emerging Patterns and Trends in Nationally Notifiable
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, United States - abstract; H
Weinstock, Moderator
Trends in Chlamydia trachomatis Infections in the
US - D Mosure, slides (.5 MB)
Recent Trends
in Gonorrhea in the US - L Newman,
slides (1.7 MB)
Update on Gonococcal Resistance in the US -
S Wang, slides (.2 MB)
Syphilis Trends in
the US - J Heffelfinger,
slides (4.9 MB)
A8 - Finding the Invisible Man: A Best Practices Model
for HIV/AIDS-STD Prevention & Services for AAMSM Through
Community Collaboration - O
Johnson, abstract;
slides (1.2 MB)
A9 - Multilevel Risk Factors/Multilevel Interventions:
Complexities in STD Population Dynamics and STD Prevention -
abstract; SO
Aral, Moderator
The Partnership Level Risk Factors and Evolution
of Sex Partnerships - P Gorbach, slides (.3 MB)
Clinic vs. Population-Based Studies of STD Epidemiology:
Similarities and Differences - L Manhart, slides (.3 MB)
Sexual Mixing Patterns of American Women - J Kraut-Becher,
slides (.2 MB)
A Multi-Level Profile of
African-American Women’s Sexual Risks: Partnerships, Context and
More - A Adimora, slides (.3 MB)
Behavioral, Biological and Structural Components
of MSM STI Morbidity -
SM Goodreau, abstract;
slides (.8 MB)
The Same Transmission Dynamics Drive the Fast Gay
and Slow African HIV Epidemics - BL
Rapatski, abstract;
slides (.1 MB)
Sponsored Symposium
Guidelines for the Use of Herpes Simplex Virus
Type 2 Serologies: Recommendations From the California Sexually
Transmitted Diseases Controllers Association and the California
Department of Health Services - abstract; S
Guerry, H Bauer, J Klausner, B
Branagan, P Kerndt, B Allen,
G Bolan,
Debate
Controversies in STD Diagnostics: Should
Confirmatory Testing of NAATS Be Routine for Chlamydia and
Gonococcal Infections in Populations with <4% Prevalence?
Pro: H Wiesenfeld,
slides (3.5 MB)
Con: J Schachter, slides not available
Gonorrhea:
Pro: D Martin,
slides (.2 MB)
Con: M Golden, slides
(.3 MB)
Oral Symposium and Workshop Abstracts - Tuesday
Sessions (B)
B1 - STD Clinic Clients With Repeat Bacterial STDs:
Who Are They and How Do We Intervene? - abstract;
Changes in Sex Networks and Repeat STDs Among Male
Adolescents - JM
Ellen, abstract;
slides (.1 MB)
Repeat Infections among Adolescents:
Findings from a Philadelphia - N Liddon,
slides (.1 MB)
Life Story Narratives: Similarities and Differences in
Adolescents Who Acquire Repeat STDs - C McGhan,
slides (3.6
MB)
Repeat STDs and Core Transmitters - K
Bernstein, slides (.9 MB)
Repeat STDs: Why Are
So Many STD Clinic Patients Refractory to Clinic-Based
Interventions? - EJ. Erbelding,
slides (.1 MB)
B2 - Potpourri of Selected STD Issues:
Historical Lessons in Syphilis Control Efforts, Male Screening and
the Latest Counts of Infected Youth
“The Clap Doctor,” “The Father
of Spin,” and Other Historical Lessons for Syphilis Elimination
- abstract; W
Petz, slides (.5 MB);
World War II: “The Most Extensive Syphilis
Case Finding Program in the History of the World” - abstract;
L McGough, slides (.9 MB);
Repeat Infection with Chlamydia trachomatis: Rate
and Predictors among Males - EF
Dunne, abstract;
slides (.6 MB)
The Cost-Effectiveness of Screening Men for Chlamydia
to Prevent Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) in Women -
T Gift, abstract;
slides (.2 MB)
Communicating the Facts and Figures about Sexually
Transmitted Diseases in Youth - JR
Cates, abstract;
slides (.3 MB)
Physician Attitudes and
Receptiveness to STD Vaccines - A Carpico,
abstract;
slides (.3 MB)
B3 - Turning STD Surveillance Data into Action - abstract;
LM Newman, slides (.3 MB);
M Samuel, slides (.3 MB);
J
Stover, slides
(2.9 MB);
M Stenger, slides (.5 MB); and
J Ellen,
slides (2.4 MB);
B4 - Bathhouses and Sex Clubs: How Risky Are Their Patrons?
How Can That Drive Our Programs and Policies? - abstract; D
Wohlfeiler, WJ Woods, T Farley,
J Montoya, C Cadabes, M
Mutchler, F Spielberg,
B5 - The Prevention and Management of Sexually Transmitted
Diseases in Persons Living with HIV/AIDS: A Training Developed
by the Eastern Geographic Quadrant of the National Network of
STD/HIV Prevention Training Centers (PTCs) - abstract;
P
Coury-Doniger,
slides (2.2 MB);
S Ratelle, slides (2 MB);
S Payette, slides
(2.2 MB)
B6 - Social Context/Community and
STD Prevention
Trends in Incidence of Sexually Transmitted Enteric
Infections in Neighborhoods with Differing Proportions of Men
Who Have Sex with Men, New York City 1998-2002 - MA
Marx, abstract;
slides (5.7 MB)
The Impact of the 1992 Los Angeles Civil Unrest
on Gonorrhea - DA
Cohen, abstract,
slides not available
Implications of Measures of Hispanic Ethnicity
for STD Prevention and Transmission - M
Adam, abstract;
slides (.1 MB)
Qualitative Assessment of the Cognitive Difference
Among Abused and Nonabused Minority Women with STD: Implications
for Behavioral Interventions - JD
Champion,
abstract; slides (.3 MB)
County-level Characteristics Associated with Rates
of Neiserria gonorrhoeae in the United States, 2000 to 2002 - M
Greenberg,
abstract;
slides
(.4 MB)
Large Gonorrhea Outbreak in a Rural California
County, 2003 - MC
Samuel, abstract;
slides (3.6 MB)
B7 - A Social Skills Counseling Intervention to Enhance
Condom Use by Female Family Planning Clients - L
Winter,
abstract; slides
not used
B8 -
Intervening With Substance-using Men Newly Released From Jail:
Challenges and Strategies - abstract,
slides (.1
MB); C
Sperling, ;
J Tomlin, A Rakestraw, T
Hall, J Greenberg, SP
Williams, Moderator
B9 - Partner
Notification/Disclosure Issues in STD Prevention
HIV Partner Notification in the U.S.: A National
Survey of Program Coverage and Outcomes - MR
Golden,
abstract;
slides (.1 MB),
web
cast ;
HIV Status Disclosure Among Men Who Have Sex with
Men (MSM): Use, Mis-Use, and Implications for Prevention -
R Hutcheson, abstract;
slides (.1 MB),
web
cast
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”:
Patterns of HIV Disclosure Among HIV Positive Men Who Have Sex
with Men (MSM) Practicing High Risk Behavior In Los Angeles and
Seattle - PM
Gorbach, abstract;
slides (.2 MB),
web
cast
Self-efficacy of Disclosure in Adolescents -
L Lowery, abstract;
slides (.6 MB),
web
cast
Utilizing the Internet for Partner Notification
- P
Constant, abstract;
slides (.2 MB),
web
cast ;
Initiating Partner Notification Over the Internet
- A
Delicata, abstract;
slides (.1 MB),
web
cast
Oral Symposium and Workshop Abstracts - Wednesday
Sessions (C)
C1 - Bugs, Drugs, Dollars, and Tests: Making the
Most of Scarce Resources for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Screening
and Treatment - abstract,
slides
(1.3 MB); DC
Gunter, TL Gift, B Abban, CK Kent,
LA Schamus, BH Butler, BA
McDonald,
C2 - Syphilis Epidemiology and Surveillance
Tools - S Blank - Moderator
Reassessing a Large Syphilis Epidemic Using
an Estimated Infection Date - CM
Schumache, abstract;
slides (.8 MB)
Risk Factors for Early Syphilis Among Men Who
Have Sex With Men Seen in an STD Clinic, San Francisco 2002-2003
- W
Wong, abstract;
slides (3 MB)
Syphilis in Detroit, Michigan: Population Dynamics
and Effective Interventions - C
Merritt, abstract;
slides (.4 MB)
Syphilis Surveillance: What Are We Looking
At? -
T Peterman, abstract;
slides (.4 MB)
How Reactor Grids Affect Syphilis Surveillance
and Outbreak Detection - abstract;
EH
Koumans, slides (.3 MB);
CA McLean, slides not available;
K
Seechuk, slides not used
C3 - HSV & HPV Prevention: Epidemiology,
Diagnostic, and Treatment Issues - L Markowitz
- Moderator
The Seroepidemiology of HPV-16 Infection Among
Men and Women Attending STD Clinics in the United States
- DL
Thompson, abstract;
slides (.1 MB)
Incidence, Clearance, and Persistence of HPV
in a Cohort of Female Adolescents - E
Samoff, abstract;
slides (.1 MB)
Trends in Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Infection
in the United States - F
Xu, abstract;
slides (.4 MB)
The Epidemiological Impact of Suppressive Therapy
to Reduce Transmission of Genital Herpes - abstract; G
Garnett, slides not available
Suppressive Valacyclovir Therapy Soon After
Initial Genital Herpes: Clinical Efficacy and Impact on Herpes-Related
Quality of Life -
T Warren, abstract;
slides (.1 MB)
The Impact of Genital Herpes on Health Status
Preferences - R
Patel, abstract;
slides (.1 MB)
C4 - A Transgender Client Walks In…Now What?
Meeting the Needs of Your Transgender Clients - abstract;
LA Sausa, slides not used
C5 - Alternative Venues for STD Prevention
- Moderator - S DeLisle
Commercial Sex Venues: A Closer Look at Their
Impact on the Syphilis Epidemics Among Men Who Have Sex With
Men (MSM) in Los Angeles -
G Aynalem, abstract;
slides (.5 MB),
web cast
Screening Massage Parlor Sex Industry Workers-How
Often Should Sex Industry Workers Be Screened? -
BP Schumann, abstract;
slides (.3
MB),
web cast
Anonymous Sex Venues for MSM: Implementing
Outreach Screening for Syphilis & HIV at Adult Bookstores
- B
Collins, abstract;
slides (.1 MB),
web cast
The Internet: Emerging Venue for Syphilis Epidemics
Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Los Angeles - abstract;
K Hawkins,
slides (.4 MB),
web cast
An Outcome Evaluation of the Internet Alert
Project - R
Kachur, abstract;
slides (.1 MB),
web cast
Lessons Learned: Sexual Health Social
Marketing in Retail Pharmacies - S Cohen,
slides (18.5 MB),
web
cast
C6 - Current Issues Related to Youth and
STD Prevention - Moderator - T Kreinin
STD/HIV Risk From Adolescence to Adulthood:
Longitudinal Risk Behavior Patterns and Infection Status
- D
Hallfors, abstract;
slides (.1 MB)
Adolescent Screening Project -Partnerships
within the Community - L
Byer, abstract;
slides (.5 MB)
STD Risk Behaviors Among Incarcerated Youth
- A Robertson, abstract;
slides (.2
MB);
Community Health Investigator Project: A Project-Based
Science Curriculum on Communicable and Sexually Transmitted
Diseases - B
Hug, abstract;
slides not available
Taking the Test – Making the Grade: Implementing
a Broad-based GC/CT Screening Program in Philadelphia’s
Public High Schools - M
Salmon, abstract;
slides (.1 MB)
The Need for Sexually Transmitted Disease Screening
in School-Based Health Centers - M
Nsuami, abstract;
slides (.1 MB)
C7 - Ethical Principles and Regulatory Requirements
in the Prevention and Control of Sexually Transmitted Infections:
Seminal and Emerging Topics - abstract;
S
Semaan, slides1
(.3 MB), slides2
(.3 MB);
KM MacQueen, slides (.1 MB);
DC Des Jarlais,
slides
(.1 MB);
JV Lavery, slides (1 MB);
D Borasky, slides (.6 MB);
S Burris, Discussant
slides (.4 MB)
C8 - Disease Intervention Specialist Activities:
How Sexually Transmitted Disease Control Programs Can Most
Effectively Utilize DIS in the 21st Century - abstract; S
Coulter, Moderator;
K Myers,
slides (.2 MB);
D
Broussard,
slides (1.1 MB);
L Shroeder, slides not used
A Lozano,
slides (22 MB)
C9 - Mujer Sana ~ Healthy Woman: A Participatory
Action Research Model for HIV, STD, TB, Hepatitis A, B, and
C Prevention - abstract; R
Andrade, P Manning, slides not used
Sponsored Symposium - Genital HSV: 60
Million and Declining?
Seroprevalence of HSV-2 in Suburban Primary
Care Offices - D
Fleming, abstract;
slides (.5 MB)
Trends in Herpes Simples Virus Type 2
infection in the United States —Data from NHANES - F Xu.
slides (.5 MB)
Oral Symposium and Workshop Abstracts
- Thursday Sessions (D)
D1 - Patient-Delivered Partner Therapy
- Moderator - S Berman
Legal Status of Patient Delivered Partner Therapy
(PDPT) in the U.S.: A National Survey of State Pharmacy Boards
and Boards of Medical Examiners - U
Anukam, abstract,
slides (.2 MB),
web cast
Concurrent STD Morbidity in Sexual Contacts
to Persons with Bacterial STDs: Implications for Patient-Delivered
Partner Therapy - J
Stekler, abstract,
slides (.1 MB),
web cast
A Randomized Trial of Three Different Strategies
to Treat Partners of Women with Trichomonas vaginalis - H Mohammed, abstract,
slides (.1 MB),
web cast
Acceptance of Patient-delivered Partner-therapy
for Syphilis Among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM), San Francisco,
CA - W
Tun, abstract,
slides (3.3 MB),
web
cast
Patient-delivered Partner Therapy for Chlamydia
Infections: Attitudes and Practices of California Physicians
and Nurse Practitioners - L
Packel, abstract,
slides (.5 MB),
web cast
Partner-Delivered Partner Therapy for STD:
Evidence and Prospects for Implementation - M Hogben, abstract,
slides (.9 MB),
web cast
D2 - Evaluating STD Prevention – Examples
from Syphilis and Hepatitis
Part 1 - Practical Examples Evaluating Community Partnerships
for Syphilis Prevention - abstract;
B
Apt, slides (.2 MB);
M King, slides (.1 MB);
D Napp, slides (.04 MB);
T Gunter,
slides (1.4 MB);
Part 2 - Evaluating the Impact of Integrating Viral
Hepatitis Services in HIV and STD Settings - abstract;
D
Lentine,
slides (.2 MB);
K Schlanger,
slides
(.2 MB);
J Subiadur,
slides (.2 MB)
D3 - Advancing HIV Prevention: New Strategies for
a Changing Epidemic - abstract; LM
Lee - Moderator;
SD
Griffiths, slides (2.5 MB);
B Branson, slides (5.6 MB);
J
Prejean,
slides (.2 MB);
R Romaguera, slides (.2 MB);
D4 - Challenges in STD Prevention for Men
Who Have Sex with Men - Moderator - R Valdiserri,
Gonorrhea Positivity Among Men Who Have Sex
With Men Attending STD Clinics in the United States, 2002
- CA
McLean, abstract,
slides not available
Crystal Use, Viagra Use, and Specific Sexual
Risk Behaviors of Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) during
a Recent Anal Sex Encounter - G
Mansergh, abstract,
slides not available
Methamphetamine Use, Sexual Behavior, and Sexually
Transmitted Diseases Among Men Who Have Sex with Men Seen
in an STD Clinic, San Francisco 2002–2003 -
SJ Mitchell, abstract,
slides (.4 MB)
Characteristics of MSM Syphilis Cases Using
the Internet to Seek Male Sex Partners, California, 2001-2003
- T
Lo, abstract,
slides (1.7 MB)
Factors Associated With Potential Exposure
to and Transmission of HIV in a Probability Sample of Men
Who Have Sex with Men - DD
Brewer, abstract,
slides (.1 MB)
No Need to Wrap It: HIV Gift-giver Newsgroups,
Gift Theory and Exchanging HIV as a Gift - ME
Graydon,
abstract.
slides (.1 MB);
D5 - Educating State and National Policymakers -
abstract; Deborah
Arrindell, L Speissegger, slides not used
D6 - Integrating STD Prevention with Family
Planning and HIV Services - J Asley - Moderator
Provision of Emergency Contraception in an
STD Clinic: Results from a Pilot Project in New York City
- L
Evans, abstract,
slides (.1 MB)
Evaluating Efforts to Increase Testing for
Repeat Chlamydia Infection Among Women in California Family
Planning Clinics - R
Gindi, abstract,
slides (.6 MB)
HIV/STD Prevention for HIV Positive Women:
Integration of Family Planning Services and HIV Care -
B Green, abstract,
slides (.1 MB)
Gonorrhea Screening Strategies and Guideline
Development for Non-Pregnant Female Patients in the California
Family Planning Clinic Setting - H
Howard, abstract,
slides (.5 MB)
STD Testing Protocols, STD Testing and Discussion
of Sexual Behaviors in HIV Clinics - M
Taylor, abstract,
slides (.9 MB)
The Integration of Sexually Transmitted Disease
Testing and HIV Counseling and Testing In Los Angeles County,
2002 - H
Rotblatt, abstract,
slides (.9 MB)
D7 - Issues Surrounding the Promotion of Condoms
for STD Prevention - abstract; J
Shlay, L Warner, M Steiner, G Mansergh,
slides not available
D8 - Partnering With Hospital Emergency Departments
for Syphilis Elimination - abstract,
slides (.2 MB); C
Moseley, M Mahadevappa, M Shulz
Syphilis Among Men Who Have Sex With Men:
Limitations of Traditional Case and Partner Services, San
Diego County, CA - RA Gunn,
abstract;
slides (.1 MB)
Rapid Emergence of Gonococcal Fluoroquinolone
Resistance in Men Who Have Sex With Men in King County,
Washington - WLH Whittington,
abstract;
slides (.1 MB)
Partner Impairment of Safe Sex
Behavior by Women Participating in a Randomized, Controlled
STD/HIV Prevention Trial - A Holden,
abstract;
slides (.1 MB)
Remnants of the Tuskegee Syphilis
Study Effects on University Freshmen: Yet a Possible Barrier to
Research Participation? - CB Spivey,
abstract;
slides (.2 MB)
Parental Receptiveness to a
Hypothetical HPV Vaccine - AJ Lenar,
abstract;
slides (.3 MB)