Below is a sample of correctional activities ranging in intensity.
Programs can use these examples to develop activities in correctional settings
that reflect the outcomes of their assessments and available resources.
Low Intensity
Visit the facility to assess the need for STD services
Meet regularly with corrections representatives
Distribute STD Treatment Guidelines and other relevant guidelines
to adult and juvenile facilities
Provide referrals to the STD clinic for inmates being released
Refine the surveillance system to capture jail-based morbidity
Medium Intensity
Conduct periodic point prevalence studies
Rotate DIS to the facility once a week or bi-weekly to draw
bloods/collect specimens
Assign a DIS part or full time to the facility
Designate a corrections liaison
Supply resources to promote prompt STD testing and treatment
Facilitate the development and delivery of appropriate STD
prevention messages and behavioral interventions
Assess training needs of correctional health care providers
and provide appropriate training
Ensure timely STD counseling for those with STD infection
High Intensity
Test arrestees based on locally determined criteria.
Possible options:
Test based on risk assessment
Test all female arrestees
Test all female arrestees and male detainees
Test all arrestees
Test STD infected women for pregnancy and HIV
Expand STD services to drug courts, parole/probation, holding
centers, and alternative sites
Selective STAT testing and treatment
Provide case management and follow-up for those testing positive
Apply for the jail prevalence monitoring project or enhanced
projects, or utilize other funding opportunities
Submit for a special projects coordinator who works in part
with corrections
Redirect and commit resources from base funding to correctional
health services.
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Program Operations Guidelines for STD Prevention
