Improving treatment outcome by reducing reoccurrence and complications among teen and young adult female positive for gonorrhea/chlamydia in Newark Community

5^th World Congress on Control and Prevention of HIV/AIDS, STDs & STIs

June 19-20, 2017 London, UK

Chioma Afoke

The State University of New Jersey - Rutgers School of Nursing, USA

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J AIDS Clin Res

Abstract :

Purpose: Close examination of epidemiology data reveals the continuous rise of gonococcal neisseria (GC) and chlamydia trachomatis gonorrhea (CT) among the youth and young adults in the United States, despite advance treatment and management guidelines in place. While the USA Public Health Services objective is to reduce the number of repeat or reinfection among adolescent who were previously infected within the same year, this goal is far-fetched. Evidence discloses that risky sexual behaviors among adolescent and adult, and lack of knowledge contribute to this problem. Evidence also shows that proper and intensified educational and behavioral counseling could benefit adolescents and young female adults in the local communities and in the USA healthcare system. This DNP project focuses on the implementation of proper education and behavioral counseling, to adolescent female and adult female with the objective to increase participant�s knowledge on GC/CT, and decrease reoccurrences and complications associated with these STIs in a school based community health center. Method: This study will use a pretest-posttest design with a sample size of 30 adolescent and young adult female between ages 14/24 years in a school based community health center in Newark, New Jersey. Structured education on GC/CT and behavioral counseling on risky sexual behaviors will be delivered in five sessions, each session lasting about 45-60 minutes. Participants� demographics information will be obtained using a questionnaire, and the pretest-posttest will be obtained before and after the educational/behavioral counseling interventions to measure knowledge of the participants. A satisfactory survey questionnaire will be given at the end of the sessions. Conclusion & Implications: The research theorizes a significant increase in knowledge of the risk factors associated with GC/ CT; reducing number of re-occurrences and complications associated with GC/CT.

Biography :

Email: uhuocv@sn.rutgers.edu