Recommendations for Partner Services Programs for HIV Infection, Syphilis, Gonorrhea, and Chlamydial Infection

MMWR Recommendations and Reports
October 31, 2008 / Vol. 57 / No. RR-9

Table of Contents

Executive Summary

How These Recommendations Differ From Previous Partner Services Guidelines
Terminology

Inroduction/Definition and Overview of Partner Services

Goals of Partner Services
Principles for Partner Services
Benefits and Concerns Related To Partner Services

Legal and Ethical Issues/Background and Key Considerations

Recommendations

Elements of Partner Services

Index Patients/Identifying and Prioritizing Index Patients for Partner Services

Interviewing Index Patients
Prevention Counseling and Other Risk-Reduction Interventions for Index Patients
Treating Index Patients or Linking Them to Medical Care and Treatment
Referring Index Patients to Other Services

Partners/Notifying Partners of Their Exposure

Prevention Counseling and Other Risk-Reduction Interventions for Partners
Cluster Interviewing Partners
Testing Partners
Treating Partners or Linking Them to Medical Care and Treatment
Referring Partners to Other Services

Special Populations

Youth
Immigrants and Migrants
Incarcerated Populations

Strategies to Enhance Case Finding and Partner Notification: Core Areas, Social Networks and the Internet/Core Areas

Social Networks
Using the Internet

Program Collaboration and Service Integration to Improve Partner Services/Background and Key Considerations

Recommendations

Program Monitoring, Evaluation, and Quality Improvement/Background and Key Considerations

Recommendations

Staff Support/Background and Key Considerations

Recommendations

Appendices/Appendix 1. Summary of Recommendations

Appendix 2. Guiding Principles and Program Principles and Program Standards for Record Keeping and Data Collection, Management, and Security

Appendix 3. Glossary of Terms

Appendix 4. Key to Acronyms

References

Tables

Table 1. Interview Periods by Disease

Table 2. Features of Partner Referral Strategies