Leveraging Technology as a Clinician Extender to Screen Culturally Diverse Young Women for Chlamydia

Completed

Conditions studied: Chlamydia, Screening

In brief

The purpose of this study is to conduct a quality improvement intervention to improve the ability of health care providers to deliver an important preventive health service (CT screening) in order to meet the goal of universal CT screening for young women age 25 or younger as recommended by the CDC and virtually all major health organizations. This novel approach utilizes a bilingual (English-Spanish) computer kiosk module to deliver education about CT and allow patients to request a CT screening test. This module should significantly increase CT screening among at risk women (18-25yo) attending urgent care clinics and emergency departments.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01140022

Run by

University of California, San Francisco

People needed

346

Starts

2007-09-01

Expected to finish

2012-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-10-03

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 25. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• English or Spanish speaking
• Medically Stable
• Sexually active
• Female
• 18-25 years old
• Seeking health services in participating urgent care clinics and ED in San Francisco/Bay Area, California.

You may not qualify if…

• Clients who do not speak English or Spanish will not be eligible to participate.
• Males of any age because there is no CDC recommendation to universally screen this group.
• Women who have never had sexual intercourse are not eligible as this is a study of how to increase screening for chlamydia, a sexually transmitted infection.
• For Kiosk, clients with moderate and major trauma or illness requiring immediate medical intervention, as assessed by triage nurse as part of routine protocol, will be excluded from participation.
• Anyone who chooses not to participate (as this is voluntary) will be excluded from participation.

Where it is running

• CMC Fresno Emergency Department — Fresno, California, United States
• Alameda County Medical Center, Highland Hospital — Oakland, California, United States
• San Francisco General Hospital - Emergency Department — San Francisco, California, United States
• San Francisco General Hospital, Urgent Care — San Francisco, California, United States
• UCSF Emergency Deparmtent — San Francisco, California, United States
• UCSF Screening and Acute Care Clinic — San Francisco, California, United States

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