Table 3 Outcomes of CT and NG outreach programs targeting MSM, sex workers and other populations (n=12)
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 (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | n | % (95% CI) | n | % (95% CI) | Â |
Blank, 2005 [34] | USA | MSM in bars and clubs | Social venue | . | In person | 183 | 41.1% | 2 | 1.1% (0.1 -3.9) | 1 | 0.5% (0 – 3.0) | . |
Buhrer-Skinner, 2009 [22] | Australia | Travellers staying in backpacker accommodation | Social venue | 65 | In person | 65 | . | 5 | 7.7% (2.5 – 17.0) | . | . | 5 (100%) |
Emerson, 2010 [30] | UK | MSM attending two venues | Sex venue | 173 | In person | . | 96.5% | 5 | 3% (1.0 – 6.8) | . | . | . |
Grimley, 2006 [35] | USA | People at homeless shelters | Service venue | 416 (96.7%) | In person | . | 98.6% | 32 | 10.8% (7.5-14.9) | 12 | 4.1% (2.1-7.0) | 40 (91%) |
Lewis, 2008 [36] | South Africa | Settlement dwellers | Street or community area | 309 | In person | 301 | 97.4% | 26 | 8.6% (5.7 – 12.4) | 19 | 6.3 (3.8-9.7) | . |
Lister, 2005 [31] | Australia | MSM attending four sex on premises venues | Sex venues | 161 (10.4%) | In person | . | 89.4% | 16 | 11.1% (6.5 -17.4) | 16 | 11.1% (6.5 – 17.4) | . (100%) |
MSM attending four sex on premises venues | Sex venues | 521 (24.3%) | In person | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
McNeely, 2010 [32] | USA | MSM attending bars and clubs were sex takes place | Sex venue | 1694 | In person | 934 | 55.1% | . | . | . | . | . |
O’Byrne, 2008 [33] | Canada | MSM attending two bathhouses | Sex venue | . | Pick up/drop off | 52 | . | 0 | 0 (0 – 7.4) | 0 | 0 (0–7.4) | . |
Rusch, 2008 [37] | Canada | Women and transgender at a community centre | Service venue | 126 | In person | 92 | 73% | 2 | 2.2% (0.3 – 7.9) | 0 | 0 (0–4.0) | . |
Wi, 2006 [38] | Philippines | Street based female sex workers (FSW) | Street or community area | 100 | In person | 100 | . | 35 | 35% (25.7–45.2) | 23 | 23% (15.2– 32.5) | . |
|  |  | FSW in Karaoke bars | Social venue | 100 |  | 100 | . | 18 | 18% (11 – 26.9) | 8 | 8% (3.5 – 15.2) | . |