Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Screening for Adolescents and Young Adults in Emergency Departments.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Adolescents account for almost half of the 2.5 million diagnosed sexually transmitted infections in the US annually, and the emergency department functions as the primary source of health care for many adolescents. No recommendations exist for emergency department gonorrhea and chlamydia screening.

Objective

To compare usual care against targeted and universally offered gonorrhea and chlamydia screening approaches.

Design, setting, and participants

This was a comparative effectiveness, multicenter, pragmatic trial with a type 3 hybrid stepped-wedge crossover design implemented over approximately 20 months at 6 pediatric emergency departments in the US. Patients aged 15 to 21 years presenting to the emergency department between January 2021 and September 202

SUBMITTER: Reed JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12418219 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature