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Case 1: Johanne, a 21-year-old college senior complaining of lower quadrant pain and spotting.

Goal: To improve health care providers' ability to recognize, diagnose and treat pelvic inflammatory disease.

Objectives:
  1. Describe the minimum criteria for a presumptive diagnosis of PID.
  2. Choose the appropriate laboratory assessment for PID.
  3. Describe the appropriate treatment for PID.
  4. Appraise how stage-based behavioral counseling can be used for STD/HIV prevention.
  5. Explain the management of sexual partners of women with PID.
Development Team:

Clinical

Sylvie Ratelle, MD, MPH
Medical Director, Division of STD Prevention, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Medical Director, STD/HIV Prevention Training Center of New England
Assistant Professor, Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School

Risk Reduction

Pat Coury-Doniger, FNPC
New York State STD/HIV Prevention Training Center - Rochester

Partner Management

Denise Tafoya, M.P.A.
Training Coordinator/Trainer, California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center
Greg Perez
Training Instructor, California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center
Solwazi Johnson
Training Coordinator/Instructor, Denver STD/HIV Prevention Training Center
Emily Carson
Curriculum Developer/Instructor, Denver STD/HIV Prevention Training Center
Jay Todd
Director, Texas STD/HIV Prevention Training Center
Tammy Foskey, MA
Assistant Director, Texas STD/HIV Prevention Training Center
LaShonda Kissentaner
Training Manager, Texas STD/HIV Prevention Training Center
Jayson Trussel
Training Coordinator, Florida Department of Health
Sue Anne Payette, MS
Training Director, New York State STD/HIV Prevention Training Center
Paul Reyes
Training Instructor, New York State STD/HIV Prevention Training Center

Staff from the CDC Division of STD Prevention Training and Health Communications Branch who also contributed to the development of the content on partner management include Frankie Barnes, MPH, Health Education Specialist; Stacy Harper, Public Health Advisor; Bruce Heath, Public Health Advisor; Jerry Shirah, Public Health Advisor; and, Duane Wilmot, Public Health Advisor.

Disclosure:

The authors of this case report no financial interests or other relationships with the manufacture of commercial products, providers of commercial services, or commercial supporters. This training will not include any discussion of the unlabeled use of commercial products or products for investigational use.

Content Expert Reviewers:
  • Heidi Bauer, MD, MS, MPH, Chief, Office of Medical and Scientific Affairs, STD Control Branch, California Department of Health Services, California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center
  • Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine and Medical Director, Seattle STD/HIV Prevention Training Center
  • Peter A. Rice, MD, Chief of Infectious Diseases, Boston University School of Medicine
  • Marianne Scharbo-DeHaan, PhD, CNM, Section Chief, Medical Education and Evaluation, Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, CDC
  • Madeline Sutton, MD, MPH, Epidemiologist, Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch, Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, CDC
  • Richard L. Sweet, MD, Chair, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburg, School of Medicine
  • John Toney, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of South Florida College of Medicine and Medical Director, Florida STD/HIV
Project Management:

Seattle STD/HIV Prevention Training Center,
University of Washington

Online Course Design and Programming:

Henry Sobel, President, Huge Media, Berkeley, California

Project Funding:

California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center, California Department of Health Services

New England STD/HIV Prevention Training Center, Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Seattle STD/HIV Prevention Training Center, University of Washington

This project was made possible through funding by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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