Background Expedited partner therapy (EPT) is a partner treatment strategy wherein health
care providers give patients antibiotics or a prescription to deliver to their sex partners as …

Objective: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) conducts research on
legal epidemiology, the scientific study of law as a factor in the cause, distribution, and …

Background: Patient delivered partner therapy (PDPT) involves providing a prescription or
medication to a patient diagnosed with chlamydia to pass to their sexual partner/s. Barriers …

Objectives Patient-delivered partner therapy (PDPT) describes the giving of a prescription or
antibiotics by an index case with chlamydia to their sexual partners. PDPT has been …

Background Young adults, including college students, have higher rates of chlamydia than
the general population. Patient-delivered partner therapy (PDPT) is a partner treatment …

We examined expedited partner therapy for chlamydia and gonorrhea in college and
university health centers by institutional and policy characteristics. Expedited partner therapy …

There is a lack of research on health care providers' use of and perspectives on expedited
partner therapy in a state where expedited partner therapy is not prohibited or explicitly …

Law is a significant factor in public health, and an important tool government can use for
protecting and promoting well-being. Legal risks and interventions can only be properly …

The transmission of sexually transmitted infections (ie, STIs) remains a preventable public
health problem within the United States. Repeatedly acquired STIs are highly prevalent …

Chlamydia is a bacterial infection spread through sexual contact. It is the most commonly
reported infectious disease in the United States and an issue of public health importance …