BACKGROUND: Treatment verification and contact elicitation are core approaches used to control the spread of @entity2953 ( @entity2953 ). Methodology adapted from the @entity645 care continuum is presented as an evaluation and communication tool for STD control activities. METHODS: Sexually transmitted disease surveillance and program data for Los Angeles County in 2013 were used to construct a 2-part continuum to examine syphilis (all stages) and @entity2954 outcomes among index @entity1 and elicited contacts. The Index Case Continuum (Part 1) assesses the proportion of @entity1 who were treated, assigned for interview, interviewed, and provided name and locating information for at least 1 contact. The Elicited Contact Continuum (Part 2) assesses the proportion of contacts who were located, interviewed, and treated. RESULTS: Among 3668 @entity1 with syphilis, 97% (n = 3556) were treated, 72% (n = 2633) were interviewed, and 25% (n = 920) provided name and locating information for at least 1 contact. The corresponding numbers for 12,541 @entity2954 cases were 95% (n = 11,936), 45% (n = 5633), and 16% (1944), respectively. Among the 1392 contacts elicited from syphilis cases, 53% (n = 735) were either interviewed or determined to not need an interview and 43% (n = 595) were treated. The corresponding numbers for the 2323 contacts elicited from @entity2954 cases were 53% (n = 1221) and 46% (n = 1075), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Adaptation of the @entity645 continuum is a useful tool for evaluating treatment verification and contact elicitation activities. In Los Angeles County, this approach revealed significant drop-offs in the proportion of index cases naming contacts and in the proportion of contacts who are interviewed and treated.

Adaptation of the XXXX Care Continuum as a Method for Evaluating Syphilis and @entity2954 Control Activities in Los Angeles County.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity2954 :: ('MESH:D006069', 'Disease') :: ['gonorrhea'] @entity645 :: ('57667', 'Species') :: ['HIV'] @entity2953 :: ('MESH:D012749', 'Disease') :: ['STDs', 'sexually transmitted diseases']
@entity645 :: (57667,Species) :: ['HIV']
