Kari Haecker Program Manager HIVAIDS Prevention and Control Services March 28 2018 Outline 2 Overview of local STD trends Snapshot of HIV in Clark County STDHIV i nvestigation process ID: 796675
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Slide1
STDs and HIV in Clark County
Kari
Haecker
Program
Manager HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control
Services
March 28, 2018
Slide2Outline2
Overview of local STD trends
Snapshot of HIV in Clark County
STD/HIV i
nvestigation process
Slide3Chlamydia3
Slide4Gonorrhea4
Slide5STD Demographics in Clark CountyInformation extracted from PHIMS (Public Health Issue Management System)
5
Clark County Chlamydia Cases, 2017
Total Cases = 1858
Gender
n
%
Male
604
32.5%
Female
1254
67.5%
Age Group
n%10-14100.5%15-24118263.6%25-3446124.8%35-441317.1%45-54512.7%55-64201.1%65+30.2%
Clark County Gonorrhea Cases, 2017Total Cases = 508Gendern%Male28656.3%Female22243.7%Age Groupn%10-1400.0%15-2416833.1%25-3418135.6%35-4411222.0%45-54346.7%55-64112.2%65+20.4%
Clark County Syphilis Cases, 2017
Total Cases = 80
Gender
n
%
Male
60
75.0%
Female
20
25.0%
Age Group
n
%
10-14
0
0.0%
15-24
15
18.8%
25-34
32
40.0%
35-44
12
15.0%
45-54
16
20.0%
55-64
5
6.3%
65+
0
0.0%
Slide6Snapshot of HIV in Clark County
Information provided from Washington State Department of Health
6
Slide7Who gets interviewed?HIV: all new diagnoses Syphilis
: all clients
Gonorrhea
: all clients
Chlamydia
: pregnant women and
MSM
How long are investigations?
Chlamydia
: 2
weeks
maximum
Gonorrhea
: 2 weeks
maximumSyphilis & HIV: 1 month maximumDisease Investigation Process7In 2017 CCPH completed 1,007 STD interviews.
Slide8The practice of treating sex partners of patients diagnosed with chlamydia and/or gonorrhea by providing a prescription or medications to the patient for their partner(s) without a clinical examination of the partner(s).
Free in WA through State support.
What are we doing to increase accessibility in Clark County?
Conducted an assessment
of EPT use by
providers.
About 48% of positive chlamydia clients were offered EPT by a provider.
Intervention design.
Developing education materials focused
on providers with high
morbidity.
EPT updates to CCPH website including photos and instructional
video.
Expedited Partner Therapy (EPT)
8
Slide9Thank you!9
Comments and questions
Clark County Public Health
1601 E Fourth Plain Blvd.,
Bldg.
17
Vancouver, WA 98661