title: HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing Among High-Risk Youths: Supporting Positive Opportunities With Teens (SPOT) Youth Center.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We investigated the development of and service utilization at Supporting Positive Opportunities with Teens (SPOT)-a community-based health and social service facility in St. Louis, Missouri, for youths that focuses on increasing HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing.
  
  
  METHODS
  We identified the US-based, co-located youth health and social service models that guided the establishment of the SPOT. We analyzed the first 5 years (2008-2013) of service delivery and utilization data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  During the study period, the SPOT provided services for 8233 youths in 37,480 visits. The 5 most utilized services included HIV and STI screening, food, transportation, contraception, and case management. A total of 9812 gonorrhea and chlamydia screenings revealed 1379 (14.1%) cases of chlamydia and 437 (4.5%) cases of gonorrhea, and 5703 HIV tests revealed 59 HIV infections (1.0%); 93.0% of patients found to have an STI were treated within a 5-day window.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Co-locating health and social services in informal community settings attracts high-risk youths to utilize services and can prove instrumental in reducing STI burden in this population.
authors.affiliation: All of the authors are with the Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO. Jane Garbutt is also with the Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Katie
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Plax
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Garbutt
authors.forename: Gaurav N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Kaushik
mesh_terms: D015492:AIDS Serodiagnosis / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000367:Age Factors; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D003267:Contraception / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008923:Missouri / Q000453:epidemiology; D012737:Sex Factors; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult