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Program Operations Guidelines for STD Prevention
Partner Services

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Table of Contents:

• FOREWORD
• INTRODUCTION
  • Program Operations Guidelines Workgroup Members
  • Partner Services Subgroup Members
  • Partner Services Internal/External Reviewers
• INTRODUCTION PS-1
  • Shared Principles
  • Overview
  • Legal Authority
  • Case Management
  • Resource Requirements
  • Safety
  • Confidentiality
• PARTNER SERVICES
  • Patient Types
  • Volunteers and Index Patients
  • Partners to the Index Patient
  • Index Patients Referred by Other Providers
  • Presumptive Interviews
  • Pre-interview Activities
  • Setting Priorities
  • Interview Periods
  • The Interview Setting
  • Pre-interview Analysis (patient assessment)
  • Types of Interviews and Their Objectives
  • Original Interview
  • Reinterview
  • The Cluster Interview
  • Other Important Interview Concepts
  • Motivational Techniques to Encourage Voluntary Disclosure
  • Client-centered Approach to Risk Reduction
  • Referrals
  • Post-interview Activities
  • Documentation
  • Analysis of Case Information and Problem Solving
  • Prioritization of Partners, Suspects, and Associates
  • Obtaining Further Information
  • Using Information Obtained From the Interview to Identify Possible Outbreak Situations
  • Lot System: A Case Management Tool
  • Lot System Forms
  • Partner Notification Strategies
  • Provider Referral
  • Self (Patient) Referral
  • Contract Referral
  • Evidence Supporting Partner Notification
  • Other Important Concepts About Partner Notification
  • Encouraging the Partner to Seek Medical Treatment
  • Follow-up to Ensure Notification Is Received and Understood
  • Ensuring That the Partner Has Access to Health Care
  • Diagnostic Assessment of Partners in the Field
  • Case Closure
• SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS
  • Collaborating With Other Service Providers
  • Interstate Transmission of STD Intervention Information
  • Suggested Strategies for Patients With Repeat Infections
• EVALUATION AND QUALITY ASSURANCE
  • Case Management
  • Components of Case Management Quality Assurance
  • Using Information Gathered to Describe and Reach Target Populations
  • Measures for Evaluating Program Effectiveness
• COMMUNITY-BASED OUTREACH
  • Overview of Interventions
  • Social Network Analysis
  • Targeted Screening and Field Testing
  • Community Outreach
  • STD Clinic Outreach
• Appendix A Interview Periods by Disease
• Appendix B Original Interview Format
• Appendix C Reinterview Format
• Appendix D Cluster Interview Format
• Appendix E Lot System Forms
• Appendix F Field Investigations
• Appendix G Interstate Transmission of STD Intervention Information
• Appendix H Skills Inventory
• Appendix I "Evaluation Tables"
• Appendix J Glossary of Terms Associated With Partner Services
• Appendix K Tools for Network Analysis
• References

 

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