Testing commercial sex workers for sexually transmitted infections in Victoria, Australia: an evaluation of the impact of reducing the frequency of testing

The frequency of testing sex workers for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Victoria, Australia, was changed from monthly to quarterly on 6 October 2012. Our aim was to determine the impact of this change to the clients seen at the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre (MHSC). Computerised medical r...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2014-07, Vol.9 (7), p.e103081-e103081
Hauptverfasser:	Chow, Eric P F, Fehler, Glenda, Chen, Marcus Y, Bradshaw, Catriona S, Denham, Ian, Law, Matthew G, Fairley, Christopher K
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Australia Chlamydia Clients Consultation Epidemiology Female Gonorrhea Health sciences Humans Infections Male Mass Screening - economics Mass Screening - methods Medical records Medical screening Medicine Medicine and Health Sciences Men Mens health Nursing Occupational health People and Places Program Evaluation Prostitution Retrospective Studies Sex Sex industry Sex Work Sex Workers Sexually transmitted diseases Sexually Transmitted Diseases - diagnosis Sexually Transmitted Diseases - economics Sexually Transmitted Diseases - prevention & control Social Sciences STD Syphilis Time Factors Victoria Workers Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	The frequency of testing sex workers for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Victoria, Australia, was changed from monthly to quarterly on 6 October 2012. Our aim was to determine the impact of this change to the clients seen at the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre (MHSC). Computerised medical records of all clients attending at MHSC from 7 October 2011 to 7 October 2013 were analysed. Comparing between the monthly and quarterly testing periods, the number of consultations at MSHC with female sex workers (FSW) halved from 6146 to 3453 (p
ISSN:	1932-6203 1932-6203
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pone.0103081