STI Research Roundup (STIRR)

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This episode presents two studies done in safety-net hospitals in TX looking at depression and STIs in pregnancy and substance use disorder, syphilis and pregnancy. Characterizationof substance use disorder during pregnancy in a syphilis population   open access https://drive.google.com/file/d/1R9TZWfMiEU7iYjSCEIMKLrjAVE1Ypx9D/view?usp=drive_link edinburghscale.pdf OMS - ASSISTV3 Outro music credi...

Economic Outcomes of Disease Intervention SpecialistDelivered Interventions for Sexually Transmitted Infections: A Systematic Review.  Link to article: SexuallyTransmitted Diseases Music Credit Thomas Dolby

Learn about how the newly published document, Program Operation Considerations for STI Programs was made and how it will benefit your STI program, your DIS, and clinicians. (Note: this manual is not referred to as PoCo!) Link to manual: ProgramOperation Considerations for Sexually Transmitted Infection Prevention Link to 9/29/25 webinar signup with JSI: Webinar Registration - Zoom Music Credit: Th...

Interesting look at what patient factors are different between those with "just" gonorrhea compared to those with disseminated gonoccal infection (DGI) in California. Link to article: CharacteristicsAssociated With Disseminated Gonococcal Infections vs Uncomplicated Gonorrhea:A California Case-control Study, 2021–2022 Music Credit: Thomas Dolby

Fabulous explanation of the updated STIC 2,0 tool for STI programs to estimate the direct and indirect costs averted by program efforts! Link to Article: Sexually Transmitted Diseases  52(8):p 443-449, August 2025.  |  DOI:  10.1097/OLQ.0000000000002147 Link to STIC Figure 2.0: https://links.lww.com/OLQ/B184 Linkto SPACE tool: https://www.cdc.gov/sti/php/sti-program-resources/space-tool.html Music...

This article describes the differences in reinfection with syphilis between men who were interviewed by DIS and named partners compared to those not interviewed or who did not name partners. Link to article: Reduced Risk of Syphilis Reinfection inMen Interviewed by Disease Intervention Specialists: A Pilot Study - AJPM Focus

This short episode presents a study from New York City's sexual health clinics describing what clients thought about Doxy PEP. Article link on Google STIRR drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/136sDoa0OR2N64LhNyahfHM0eeyntY9gQ/view?usp=drive_link Link to CDC Doxy PEP guidance on Google drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/162oBOAnXNGSbZ-V1An7YafyqjwI8NOLh/view?usp=drive_link Outro music credit...

How important is it to start doing opt out rapid syphilis testing for pregnant patients at emergency departments just like opt out HIV testing is recommended be done for all patients?  Listen to this super quick episode and find out! Link to Article: SexuallyTransmitted Diseases Prior study making similar points: SexuallyTransmitted Diseases HIV opt out testing article: Estimates of HIVTesting at...

How often would you guess that pregnant women who have commercial health insurance, that is not Medicaid, are screened for syphilis during pregnancy?  This episode looks at the huge dataset from all commercially insured women in the US during 2022 to answer just this question and to discuss any differences between populations regarding syphilis screening. Article link:  https://drive.google.com/fi...

Link to full text in Google drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CRPuogdHegnrFubmfqQEmRth8dy_sWPt/view?usp=drive_link Can using a standardized questionnaire improve extragenital testing for chlamydia and gonorrhea among MSM with HIV? A group of researchers in Arizona wanted to find out – Listen to this episode of STIRR and you will learn about their study and their results. Outro music credit:...

This short episode discusses how one childrens' hospital in Ohio implemented expedited partner therapy using their electronic health record. Outro music credit: Thomas Dolby Link to article: on podcast google drive https://drive.google.com/file/d/10CXvikGDnKbTAn_tkHNvuCNWyp3mAnJP/view?usp=drive_link Link to CDC EPT site: ExpeditedPartner Therapy | STI | CDC

How often do you think primary care physicians in the U.S. perform STI prevention counseling with patients? The results in this episode might surprise you. Link to article: STIRRpodcast episode full text articles - Google Drive Link to USPSTF recommendation: Recommendation:Sexually Transmitted Infections: Behavioral Counseling | United StatesPreventive Services Taskforce Outro music credit: Thomas...

Guest: Michael McNair, Special Projects Coordinator for NYState DoH, Office of Sexual Health and Epidemiology in the AIDS InstituteTo learn more about Michael and his singing career, go to: Www. Mike-Bear.com   or www.youtube.com/MikeBear76  Link to full text of article: Experiences of stigmaand health care engagement among Black MSM newly diagnosed with HIV/STI - PMC HIV Stigma Framework link: HI...

Short episode - not quite 15 mins! Presents an article discussing how our current ways to measure DIS success may be falling short and how we might be able to do better in counting the great work you do. Link to full text article: Measuring Success:Disease Intervention Specialists Performance Metrics and Outcome Assessments -PMC Link to an easy Excel spreadsheet an STD program can fillout to captu...

STD Programs had to switch to telephone follow up for STIs during COVID-19, but why are so many programs still conducting interviews by phone when in-person interviewing has been the standard since the 1940s? What effect does this have on the quality of the interview? I will discuss this with my special guest, DIS trainer extraordinaire, Lisa Papa. Please join us. Link to article (in manuscript fo...

Quick episode - just 10 minutes! This episode briefly discusses an article examining whetherSTI testing increased among women of childbearing age in states that expanded Medicaid under the ACA compared to states that did not. Please leave comments here and reach out to me at stiresearchroundup@gmail.com with ideas Link to Medicaid expansion map: Statusof State Medicaid Expansion Decisions | KFF Li...

This episode of STI Research Roundup when I will present a study done in Massachusetts that describes the individual and clinic-level factorsassociated with delays in gonorrhea treatment.  I’ll be joined by a special guest, Kelly Palm, FNP-C, Director of Health Services at Westfield State University in Massachusetts, to help me discuss the article. [Note: Many important links have been purged by t...

This episode will discuss a study of STI incidence in the Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) jurisdictions. It considers theextent to which biomedical interventions for HIV, specifically PrEP, may impact overall STI rates, or not. Note: After the Trump/Musk purge of government documents, some of the links given below may be blank. Please look for selected CDC publications at: STI materials purged from...

This article discusses an interesting experiment to see if delivering HIV self test kits to MSM could increase regular testing and reduce risk behavior in a few identified EHE (Ending the HIV Epidemic) jurisdictions. If you'd like to suggest a topic for a future episode or volunteer to be a guest discussant on an episode please email: ⁠STIresearchroundup@gmail.com⁠ Link to article: The effects of...

Please hear about how Oregon assessed what individual and county-level factors were associated with a congenital syphilis birth. If you'd like to suggest a topic for a future episode or volunteer to be a guest discussant on an episode please email: ⁠⁠STIresearchroundup@gmail.com⁠ This podcast is now also available on Amazon podcasts: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/dc4afaed-3e0f-458a-b475-f0...

This episode presents results from a survey of Emergency Department directors at academic hospitals about their awareness of, support for, and prescribing practices for Expedited Partner Therapy for chlamydia. Link to full text of the article here: A National Study of Expedited Partner Therapy Use in Emergency Departments: A Survey of Medical Director Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices - PMC Link...

This episode discusses a study linked below that examines how often MSM with an STI participate in subsequent interviews for partner notification after a previous STI diagnosis. A guest joins to give her perspective: Julia, who is a supervisor of disease intervention specialists (DIS) at a large urban STD clinic. Previous Sexually Transmitted Infections and Partner Services Interviews as Predictor...

This episode focuses on the problem of congenital syphilis and examines healthcare providers' thoughts about what challenges they experience when diagnosing or treating syphilis in their pregnant patients. Link to the two articles discussed: Provider-Reported Barriers in Sexual Health Care Services for Women With Upstream Barriers: The Case of Syphilis and Congenital Syphilis in Southern Colorado,...

Here is a link to today's article if you'd like to read it: HIV and Syphilis Co-Screening Rates Among Patients Tested for Gonorrhea and Chlamydia at a Large, Urban Hospital - PubMed If you have suggestions for topics you'd like me to cover in future episodes please leave a comment! Thanks for listening