Acceptability of an internet-based partner notification system for sexually transmitted infection exposure among men who have sex with men.

• Autores: Matthew J Mimiaga, Andrew D Fair, Ashley M Tetu, David S Novak, Rodney Vanderwarker, Thomas Bertrand, Stephan Adelson, Kenneth H Mayer
• Localización: American journal of public health, ISSN 0090-0036, Vol. 98, Nº. 6, 2008, págs. 1009-1011
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • US men who have sex with men (n=1848) completed an online questionnaire about their willingness to use Internet-based partner notification. Eighty-one percent reported that it would be important to them to receive a partner notification e-mail if they had been exposed to a sexually transmitted infection. Seventy percent reported that if infected, they would use a public health specialist to inform partners of possible exposure through Internet notification. There was broad acceptance of Internet partner notification by at-risk US men who have sex with men, including a willingness to receive or initiate a notification e-mail.;