Prevalence of Genital Chlamydial Infection in Young Women Entering a National Job Training Program, 1990-1997

This analysis describes trends in the prevalence of genital chlamydial infection in economically disadvantaged young women entering a national job training program. We examined chlamydia test data for May 1990 through June 1997 for women aged 16 to 24 years who enrolled in the program. The significa...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 2001-08, Vol.91 (8), p.1287-1290
Main Authors: Mertz, Kristen J, Ransom, Raymond L, St. Louis, Michael E, Groseclose, Samuel L, Hadgu, Alula, Levine, William C, Hayman, Charles
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Bacterial diseases
Bacterial diseases of the genital system
Biological and medical sciences
Chlamydia Infections - epidemiology
Chlamydia Infections - prevention & control
Chlamydia trachomatis
Condoms
Disadvantaged women
Employment training programs
Ethnicity - statistics & numerical data
Female
Government Programs
Hispanic people
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Low income groups
Mass Screening
Medical sciences
Minority & ethnic groups
Poverty
Prevalence
Public health
Sexually transmitted diseases
STD
Teenagers
Trends
United States - epidemiology
USA
Vocational training schemes
Women
Women, Working - education
Womens health
Young adults
Young women
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Summary:This analysis describes trends in the prevalence of genital chlamydial infection in economically disadvantaged young women entering a national job training program. We examined chlamydia test data for May 1990 through June 1997 for women aged 16 to 24 years who enrolled in the program. The significance of trends was evaluated with the chi 2 test for trend. Prevalence of chlamydial infection declined 32.9%, from 14.9% in 1990 to 10.0% in 1997 (P < .001). Prevalence decreased significantly in all age groups, racial/ethnic groups, and geographic regions. The decrease in prevalence of chlamydial infection suggests that prevention activities have reached disadvantaged women across the United States; however, prevalence of chlamydial infection remains high, and enhanced prevention efforts in disadvantaged communities are urgently needed.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.91.8.1287