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Table 2 Outcomes of CT and NG outreach programs targeting youth (n=13)

From: Outreach for chlamydia and gonorrhoea screening: a systematic review of strategies and outcomes

Author, year

Country

Target group

Target setting

Participation rate n (%)

Specimen return method

Specimens returned (n)

% tested (%)

CT positive

NG positive

Treatment rate n (%)

        

n

% (95% CI)

n

% (95% CI)

 

Buhrer-Skinner, 2009, [22]

Australia

School leavers

Street or community area

68 (21.3%)

In person

68

21.3%

0

0 (0–5.3)

.

.

.

Youth at risk of dropping out of school

Service venue

23

In person

23

.

3

13% (2.8-33.6)

.

.

3 (100%)

Gold, 2007, [23]

Australia

Players at a football club

Social venue

108

In person

92

85.2%

3

3.9% (0.8 – 11)

0

0 (0–4)

.

Gotz, 2006 [24]

Netherlands

Young people, particularly of non-Dutch ethnicity

Street or community area

79 (27.5%)

In person, or post return

49

62%

6

12.2% (4.6 – 24.8)

.

.

6 (100%)

Groups of new immigrants and, teenage school dropouts

Service venue

76 (81.7%)

In person, or post return

74

79.6%

7

9.5% (3.9 – 18.5)

.

.

7 (100%)

Johnson, 2008 [25]

USA

Young people appearing in the Family Courts

Service venue

1808 (79.6%)

In person

1808

79.6%

124

7.8% (6.5 -9.2)

19

1.2% (0.7 – 1.9)

128 (96%)

Kong, 2009 [26]

Australia

Young people in sporting clubs

Social venue

709

In person

709

.

28

3.9% (2.6 -5.7)

.

.

28 (100%)

Lorimer, 2009 [27]

UK

Young people attending a leisure centre

Social venue

127 (80.4%)

In person

62

48.8%

.

.

.

.

.

Martin, 2009 [28]

Australia

Young people at multiple venues

Street or community area

204

In person or drop off return

150

79.6%

.

.

.

.

.

Morris, 2010 [21]

USA

Young people in multiple settings

Street or community area

.

In person or post

.

.

31

4.9% (3.4 – 6.9)

.

.

.

Parenting centres

Service venue

.

In person or post

.

.

21

6.3% (4 – 9.5)

.

.

.

Marrazzo, 2007 [29]

USA

Men at street venues

Street or community areas

11 (23.9%)

In person

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

  

Men attending a drug treatment facility

Service venue

26 (81.3%)

In person

.

.

.

.

.

.

.