inSPOT: The First Online STD Partner Notification System Using Electronic Postcards

Levine, Deb; Woodruff, Andrew J.; Mocello, A. Rain; Lebrija, Jaime; Klausner, Jeffrey D.

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050213

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“…That process is now facilitated by free services such as inSPOT and Let Them Know, which provide anonymous partner notification via email or text message with linkage to information about testing and treatment. 57,58 There is a need for service providers to integrate with these services and for a system to allow a networked electronic partner notification system. Such integration could enable healthcare providers to verify testing and treatment of contacts.…”

Section: Existing and Anticipated Challenges Of The Sti Epidemic In Msmmentioning

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Sexually transmissible infection control programs for men who have sex with men – what will they look like in 2020?

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Abstract. The resurgence of sexually transmissible infections among men who have sex with men is a concern for sexual health. Traditional strategies have relied on the promotion of condom use, regular testing, treatment, and partner management. Future sexually transmissible infection control programs must combine current prevention methods with novel approaches that target the providers, patients, and mechanisms of health care delivery.

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Section: Existing and Anticipated Challenges Of The Sti Epidemic In Msmmentioning

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Sexually transmissible infection control programs for men who have sex with men – what will they look like in 2020?

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“…Inventive online interventions now combat HIV stigma . Sexual health services have pioneered anonymous and quasi-anonymous methods of partner notification, which assist those diagnosed with infection to inform their sexual partners that they may need to be tested and treated for infections such as Chlamydia, all via a discrete and, if so desired, anonymous mobile phone text messages (SMS) (Levine et al 2008). These developments seem to be practical and legitimate responses to changes in the technological mediation of social and sexual connectivity across the globe.…”

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After the clinic? Researching sexual health technology in context

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2014

Culture, Health & Sexuality

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There is great interest in what testing, pharmaceutical, information and social media technology can do for sexual health. Much programmatic and research activity is focused on assessing how these technologies can be used to best effect. Less obvious are analyses that place technology into historical, political and real-world settings. Developing an 'in-context' analysis of sexual health technology, this paper draws on interviews with leading community advocates, researchers and clinicians in Australia, Canada and the UK and looks across examples, including social media, rapid HIV testing, pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV and polymerase chain reaction Chlamydia testing. The analysis is framed by studies of techno-society and the dialectics of sex-affirmative advocacy with biomedical authority and attends to: the rationalistic and affective dimensions of the imaginary associated with technology; the role of technology in the re-spatialisation and re-temporalisation of the sexual health clinic; and the re-invention of technology in its real-world contexts. This in-context approach is important for: the effective implementation of new technology; strengthening the social science contribution to the field; and enriching social theory in general on life in techno-societies.

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“…Other internet-based services include a risk assessment program that provides recommendations for STI testing through general practice and sites that assist in partner notification, but there are many other examples. [8][9][10][11] Baraitser et al report in this issue of the Journal on the evaluation of another innovative service where selected clients completed their details on a touch screen and collected their own samples without seeing a doctor or nurse. 12 Support was available from non-clinical staff if required.…”

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The importance of striving for greater efficiency

2011

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Abstract. Health care costs are rising faster than inflation in almost all developed countries. Improving the efficiency of health care will go some way to address this issue. There has been a significant improvement in the delivery of sexual health care with a particular focus on innovation. In this issue, Baraitser et al. evaluate their services, that uses computer-assisted interviewing combined with self-collected samples in London. This editorial discusses this service in the context of the control of sexually transmissible infections and other recent health care innovations.

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inSPOT: The First Online STD Partner Notification System Using Electronic Postcards

Abstract: Deb Levine and colleagues describe an innovative online e-card service for partner notification, initial evaluation results, and future research needs.

Cited by 65 publications

References 15 publications

Sexually transmissible infection control programs for men who have sex with men – what will they look like in 2020?

Sexually transmissible infection control programs for men who have sex with men – what will they look like in 2020?

After the clinic? Researching sexual health technology in context

The importance of striving for greater efficiency

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