Evaluation of Rapid Syphilis Testing Using the Syphilis Health Check in Florida, 2015-2016

• Main Authors: Jennifer Richards (Author), James Matthias (Author), Charlotte Baker (Author), Craig Wilson (Author), Thomas A Peterman (Author), C Perry Brown (Author), Matthew Dutton (Author), Yussif Dokurugu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of North Florida, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The Syphilis Health Check (SHC) had low estimated specificity (91.5%) in one Florida county. We investigated use of SHC by a range of Florida publicly-funded programs between 2015 and 2016 to estimate specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), field staff acceptance, and impacts on programmatic o...