Reach and impact of a national community-led molecular point-of-care testing program for sexually transmitted infections in regional and remote Australia

Louise Causer; Joshua Riessen; Amit Saha; Kelly Andrewartha; Kirsty Smith; Sarah Betts; Annie Tangey; Sean O'Connor; Mel Fernando; Lauren  Cooney; Susan Matthews; Anderson Lorraine; Mark Shephard; Rebecca Guy; TTANGO3 and First Nations Infectious Diseases Point-of-Care Testing Programs

Reach and impact of a national community-led molecular point-of-care testing program for sexually transmitted infections in regional and remote Australia

Louise Causer, Joshua Riessen, Amit Saha, Kelly Andrewartha, Kirsty Smith, Sarah Betts, Annie Tangey, Sean O'Connor, Mel Fernando, Lauren Cooney, Susan Matthews, Anderson Lorraine, Mark Shephard, Rebecca Guy, TTANGO3 and First Nations Infectious Diseases Point-of-Care Testing Programs

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Background:
In Australia, molecular point-of-care testing(POCT) for chlamydia(CT), gonorrhoea(NG) and trichomonas(TV) has been programmatically implemented since 2016 in regional and remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. POCT is community-led and delivered through primary care clinics, often located significant distances from centralised laboratories. We evaluated POCT program reach and testing uptake to understand the individual and public health impact.

Original language	English
Number of pages	2
Publication status	Published - 19 Sept 2024
Event	25th IUSTI World Congress incorporating the Australasian Sexual and Reproductive Health Conference 2024: IUSTI 2024 - ICC Sydney, Sydney, Australia Duration: 17 Sept 2024 → 20 Sept 2024

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Conference	25th IUSTI World Congress incorporating the Australasian Sexual and Reproductive Health Conference 2024
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Sydney
Period	17/09/24 → 20/09/24

Keywords

Point-of-Care (POC) testing
sexually transmitted infections
Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander
remote Australia

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Causer, L., Riessen, J., Saha, A., Andrewartha, K., Smith, K., Betts, S., Tangey, A., O'Connor, S., Fernando, M., Cooney, L., Matthews, S., Lorraine, A., Shephard, M., Guy, R., & TTANGO3 and First Nations Infectious Diseases Point-of-Care Testing Programs (2024). Reach and impact of a national community-led molecular point-of-care testing program for sexually transmitted infections in regional and remote Australia. Poster session presented at 25th IUSTI World Congress incorporating the Australasian Sexual and Reproductive Health Conference 2024, Sydney, Australia. https://airdrive.eventsair.com/eventsairaueprod/production-ashm-public/3ced2aec2e714862ac42064715489eb2

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Reach and impact of a national community-led molecular point-of-care testing program for sexually transmitted infections in regional and remote Australia. / Causer, Louise; Riessen, Joshua; Saha, Amit et al.
2024. Poster session presented at 25th IUSTI World Congress incorporating the Australasian Sexual and Reproductive Health Conference 2024, Sydney, Australia.

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Reach and impact of a national community-led molecular point-of-care testing program for sexually transmitted infections in regional and remote Australia

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