Background The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) allocates funds
annually to state and local programs in the United States to monitor and prevent sexually …

Introduction The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention allocates funds annually to
jurisdictions nationwide for sexually transmitted infection prevention activities. The objective …

Background The purpose of this article was to describe methods that sexually transmitted
disease (STD) programs can use to estimate the potential effects of changes in their budgets …

Background: Reported gonorrhea incidence rates in the United States declined by 75% from
1975 to 2003 after implementation of a federally funded gonorrhea control program in the …

Background Baltimore and San Francisco represent high burden areas for gonorrhea in the
United States. We explored different gonorrhea screening strategies and their comparative …

Background The burden of gonorrhea infections in the United States is high. There are
marked disparities by race/ethnicity and sexual orientation. We quantified the impact of …

We examined changes in federal sexually transmitted disease funding allocations to areas
with high racial/ethnic disparities in sexually transmitted diseases after the implementation of …

Public health spending is important for managing increases in sexually transmitted diseases
(STDs) in the United States. Although previous studies suggest that a beneficial link exists …

Background From November 2014 to May 2016, 57 local health departments in New York
State (NYS) excluding New York City were offered a performance incentive (PI) to promote …

Objective In this study, we examined state-level monthly gonorrhea morbidity and assessed
the potential impact of existing expedited partner therapy (EPT) laws in relation to the time …