Sexually transmitted diseases and family planning: strange or natural bedfellows, revisited

Article Abstract:

Merging the fields of family planning and the prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) is sensible, though on some levels counter-intuitive. Both fields have as common ground the ideas of prevention and sexual transmission, though their emphases differ. The rapidly increasing spread of AIDS also plays a role in pushing the two disciplines toward each other. In the 1980s, the availability of STD testing at family planning clinics ensured that more women were screened for gonorrhea. Clinics might now ensure that women are screened for HIV infection as well. Conversely, the availability of barrier methods of birth control at STD clinics may help prevent unintended pregnancies.

Editorial, Services, Family planning services

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Individual counseling of patients with sexually transmitted diseases: a way to improve partner notification in a Zambian setting?

Article Abstract:

Personalized counseling of sexually transmitted disease (STD) patients, particularly men, may increase compliance with partner notification strategies. Researchers following 302 men and 94 women with STDs in Zambia, Africa, studied whether individual counseling following STD treatment would encourage them to notify their sexual partners. More partners of male patients receiving individual counseling sought STD treatment than partners of male patients receiving no counseling. No change was noted between partners of women in either group. Contact slips which described the need for partners to seek health care may be effective.

Usage, Health counseling

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