title: Using HIV testing history to measure the success of HIV partner services.
abstract: We use HIV testing history of persons newly diagnosed with HIV through HIV partner services to identify persons who might not otherwise have tested. Seventeen percent had never been tested, 44% had not been tested in the previous 2 years, and none had been tested routinely. These data demonstrate that HIV partner services were successful in reaching persons who may not have initiated testing without this service.
authors.affiliation: HIV Epidemiology Section, San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA. mia.chen@sfdph.org
authors.forename: Miao-Jung
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pipkin
authors.forename: Julia L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Marcus
authors.forename: Kyle T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Bernstein
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Scheer
mesh_terms: D016358:Contact Tracing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016485:Needle Sharing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012307:Risk Factors; D012495:San Francisco / Q000453:epidemiology; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance; D012747:Sexual Partners; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000453:epidemiology*