Prevalence of Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Testing by Anatomical Site Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in HIV Medical Care, United States, 201 3-2014

摘要

The Medical Monitoring Project (MMP) is a surveillance system that produces nationally representative estimates of the clinical and behavioral characteristics of HIV-infected adults (>18 years) receiving medical care in the United States. The MMP used a 3-stage sampling strategy to produce estimates: US states and territories, HIV care facilities, and patients with at least 1 HIV medical care visit from January to April in any given year; for this analysis, data from 2013 to 2014 are included. Facility response rates ranged from 76% to 85% by year; approximately 50% of sampled patients completed an interview and had a medical record abstracted.8 We included data collected from sexually active HIV-infected MSM. In accordance with the federal human subject protection regulations at 45 Code of Federal Regulations 46.101c and 46.102d and with the Guidelines for Defining Public Health Research and Public Health Non-Research, MMP was determined to be a nonresearch, public health surveillance activity used for disease control program or policy purposes.9'10 As such, MMP is not subject to review by a federal institutional review board. Participating states or territories and facilities obtained local institutional review board approval to conduct MMP if required locally. Informed consent was obtained from all interviewed participants.