Chlamydia screening programme, HMP Hydebank Wood Young Offender Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

In a young offender's centre, 204 male prisoners were offered chlamydia screening, from January 2007 to April 2007. The aim of this screening programme was to identify and treat asymptomatic prisoners with chlamydia infection. Offering the screening within a prison was an opportunity to test a...

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Published inInternational journal of STD & AIDS Vol. 20; no. 5; p. 360
Main Authors Hirst, H, Dinsmore, W W
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England 01.05.2009
Subjects
Adolescent
Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use
Chlamydia Infections - diagnosis
Chlamydia Infections - drug therapy
Chlamydia trachomatis - isolation & purification
Humans
Male
Mass Screening
Medical Audit
Northern Ireland
Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques
Prisoners
Young Adult
Northern Ireland
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Summary:In a young offender's centre, 204 male prisoners were offered chlamydia screening, from January 2007 to April 2007. The aim of this screening programme was to identify and treat asymptomatic prisoners with chlamydia infection. Offering the screening within a prison was an opportunity to test a hard-to-reach population that is at high risk of chlamydia infection. The programme established a high level of testing acceptability with a 98% screening uptake rate. Using nucleic acid amplification testing, 21 (10.5%) tested prisoners were positive for Chlamydia trachomatis. Patients were treated under Patient Group Direction (PGD). Further screening for sexually transmitted diseases was offered to chlamydia-positive patients by the genitourinary (GU) medicine specialist.
ISSN:0956-4624
DOI:10.1258/ijsa.2008.008133