Linkage and Referral to HIV and Other Medical and Social Services

Abstract

Recent literature provides some guideposts for STD program and clinical staff to use in determining their approach to helping link and refer clients to needed care. Much experience with these issues within STD services remains unpublished, and key gaps in the literature remain.

Referral Practices Among U.S. Publicly Funded Health Centers That Offer Family Planning Services

“…From June 2013 to May 2014, surveys were sent to a stratified random sample of 4,000 health centers identified from a Guttmacher Institute database of all publicly funded family planning health centers nationwide. 15 Primary aims of the survey were to provide baseline data for implementation of the Recommendations for Providing Quality Family Planning Services 8 and to compare health centers that received funding from the Title X federal family planning program with health centers that did not receive Title X funding. Therefore, by design, the sample was stratified into recipients and nonrecipients of Title X funding.…”

“…7,3 Conversely, active strategies, such as case management approaches, appear to be more effective at linking persons to care. 8…”