Please hear this brief episode about how the podcast is changing.

This episode presents two studies done in safety-net hospitals in TX looking at depression and STIs in pregnancy and substance use disorder, syphilis and pregnancy.Characterizationof substance use disorder during pregnancy in a syphilis population  open access

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1R9TZWfMiEU7iYjSCEIMKLrjAVE1Ypx9D/view?usp=drive_link

edinburghscale.pdf

OMS - ASSISTV3

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Economic Outcomes of Disease Intervention SpecialistDelivered Interventions for Sexually Transmitted Infections: A Systematic Review. 

Link to article: SexuallyTransmitted Diseases

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Learn about how the newly published document, Program Operation Considerations for STI Programs was made and how it will benefit your STI program, your DIS, and clinicians. (Note: this manual is not referred to as PoCo!)

Link to manual: ProgramOperation Considerations for Sexually Transmitted Infection Prevention

Link to 9/29/25 webinar signup with JSI: Webinar Registration - ZoomMusic Credit: Thomas Dolby

Interesting look at what patient factors are different between those with "just" gonorrhea compared to those with disseminated gonoccal infection (DGI) in California.

Link to article: CharacteristicsAssociated With Disseminated Gonococcal Infections vs Uncomplicated Gonorrhea:A California Case-control Study, 2021–2022

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Fabulous explanation of the updated STIC 2,0 tool for STI programs to estimate the direct and indirect costs averted by program efforts!

Link to Article: Sexually Transmitted Diseases 52(8):p 443-449, August 2025. | DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000002147

Link to STIC Figure 2.0: https://links.lww.com/OLQ/B184

Linkto SPACE tool: https://www.cdc.gov/sti/php/sti-program-resources/space-tool.html

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This article describes the differences in reinfection with syphilis between men who were interviewed by DIS and named partners compared to those not interviewed or who did not name partners.

Link to article: Reduced Risk of Syphilis Reinfection inMen Interviewed by Disease Intervention Specialists: A Pilot Study - AJPM Focus

This short episode presents a study from New York City's sexual health clinics describing what clients thought about Doxy PEP.

Article link on Google STIRR drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/136sDoa0OR2N64LhNyahfHM0eeyntY9gQ/view?usp=drive_link

Link to CDC Doxy PEP guidance on Google drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/162oBOAnXNGSbZ-V1An7YafyqjwI8NOLh/view?usp=drive_link

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How important is it to start doing opt out rapid syphilis testing for pregnant patients at emergency departments just like opt out HIV testing is recommended be done for all patients?  Listen to this super quick episode and find out!

Link to Article: SexuallyTransmitted Diseases

Prior study making similar points: SexuallyTransmitted Diseases

HIV opt out testing article: Estimates of HIVTesting at Visits to U.S. Emergency Departments, 2014–2020 - PMC

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How often would you guess that pregnant women who have commercial health insurance, that is not Medicaid, are screened for syphilis during pregnancy?  This episode looks at the huge dataset from all commercially insured women in the US during 2022 to answer just this question and to discuss any differences between populations regarding syphilis screening.

Article link:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vupJbASC5aGgTWklmg7gGDnpvSL9sYPG/view?usp=drive_link

Link to my article: Social Vulnerabilityin Congenital Syphilis Case Mothers: Qualitative Assessment of Cases inIndiana, 2014–2016 - PMC

HMO,PPO, EPO or POS insurance plans: what’s the difference and how to decide |Understanding health insurance | UnitedHealthcare

Typesof Health Insurance Plans: HMO, PPO, HSA, Fee for Service, POS

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