Sexual health assessments, testing, and pre-exposure prophylaxis referrals among veterans with a sexually transmitted infection.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Describe sexual history completion among U.S. Veterans with a sexually transmitted infection (STI) and its association with number of ordered STI laboratory tests and offer of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).

Methods

We assembled a retrospective cohort of Veterans with a STI seen at five sites in the southern United States and excluded those with diagnosis of HIV. We conducted a systematic chart review of sexual history using Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's five 'Ps.' The outcome was STI testing and PrEP offer. Charts were reviewed between December 2021 and May 2022.

Results

No sexual history was documented in 43 % of the 278 encounters with differences across sites (p < 0.001). Missing documentation occ

SUBMITTER: Johnson M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12657599 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature