Impact of COVID-19 School Learning Model on STI Testing, Diagnosis Rates, and Related Behaviors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic and associated changes in school learning model reshaped students' lives and may have impacted sexual behaviors and healthcare access.

Methods

We used a difference-in-differences (DID) approach to compare changes in sexual behaviors, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing, and STI diagnosis rates from 2019-2021 between jurisdictions where high school was primarily virtual versus in-person for the 2020-2021 school year. We used behavioral data from local jurisdictions administering Youth Risk Behavior Survey and reported chlamydia and gonorrhea diagnosis rates for 15- to 19-year-olds in corresponding counties from AtlasPlus. Learning model was defined using the COVID-19 School Data Hub, school/governmen

SUBMITTER: Katz DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12768133 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature