Recommendations to improve syphilis prevention |
CDC should
provide technical assistance to state and local health
departments seeking to improve community involvement in
syphilis and other STD prevention efforts.
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CDC should
promote gender-sensitive STD prevention programs that take
into account the special problems of women.
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Recommendations
to improve access to services needed to control syphilis
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CDC should
continue and expand its efforts to confront directly the issue
of distrust of the public health system among
African-Americans in the South.
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CDC should
develop guidelines and recommendations to help overcome
barriers to utilization of clinical facilities.
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CDC can
encourage state health agencies to evaluate the feasibility of
implementing protocols to address domestic violence as part of
the delivery of women's health services.
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Recommendations
to improve program operations
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CDC should
encourage state health departments to explore with other
agencies ways to remove programmatic restrictions to delivery
of health services in integrated facilities.
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CDC should
encourage state and local health departments to accelerate
efforts at minority staff recruitment, training and retention.
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CDC should
encourage cultural competency training for public health staff
who administer public health programs.
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CDC should
encourage STD-specific training for health care and case
management staff at corrections facilities and substance abuse
treatment centers.
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CDC should
continue efforts to encourage STD-specific training at
professional schools.
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Recommendations
to improve contact tracing/ partner notification
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CDC should
promote improvements to electronic data exchange and
telecommunications support for state and local public health
agencies.
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CDC should
support in whatever way they can programs to provide DIS with
cellular telephones.
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