Sexual History-Taking: Focus on STIs

Audio Conference and Demonstration Video

 

Sexual History-Taking: Focus on STIs - Audio Conference

Recorded: December 9, 2008

About the Audio Conference

The sexual history is a starting place for interventions which help clients prevent unintended pregnancy and STIs, yet it is often overlooked. This audio conference will provide information that enables family planning staff to identify clients over 25 that should be screened for STIs, as well as who not to test for chlamydia, gonorrhea and HIV. Recent research findings that suggest new issues to address in the sexual history will also be discussed. (Listeners may view handouts using the link in the Handouts box to the right.)

Audience

Clinicians, nurses, medical assistants and other clinic staff that conduct sexual histories and risk assessments with family planning clients.

Speakers

• Linda Creegan, MS, FNP, San Francisco City Clinic; California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center
• Holly Howard, MPH, CA IPP Coordinator/ MCAH Liaison, California STD Control Branch
• Barbara Kass-Annese, RNCNP, MSN, Medical Specialist, CFHC
• Judith C. Shlay, MD, MSPH, Denver Community Health Services, Denver Health & Hospital Authority

Objectives

At the end of this audio conference, the participant will be able to:

• Identify questions to ask in a sexual history
• focused on STIs.
• Demonstrate how to ask sensitive questions
• Describe how to integrate sexual history taking into client care
• List 5 key components of a routine sexual history

 

Sexual History-Taking: Focus on STIs - Demonstration Video

About the Video

The demonstration videos present four dramatizations of sexual history-taking interviews, illustrating situations in which staff assesses whether or not testing for chlamydia, gonorrhea and HIV should be done. You will meet:

• Alison, a 16-year-old adolescent client
• Anna, a 30-year-old woman with a long-time partner
• Nicole, a 29-year-old woman coming for her annual exam
• Marco, a 27-year-old new client

Each scenario is analyzed by experts from the field to give concrete examples of "do’s and don’ts". Recommendations for testing are provided at the end of each scenario.

Audience

Clinicians, nurses, medical assistants and any reproductive health care staff who interview clients to obtain a sexual history.

Videos

The video is separated below into five sections: Introduction, Scenario #1, Scenario #2, Scenario #3, and Scenario #4.

Note: The video files are quite large and require some time to completely load into your browser. Please allow ample time for these files to load before attempting to play the videos.

Credits

Producer / Director / Scriptwriter:	Marsha Gelt, MPH Center for Health Training
Camera / Editor:	Barry Schienberg, Media Mix, Inc.
Co-Scriptwriter:	Linda Creegan, MS, FNP, STD Control Branch, CA; Department of Public Health; California STD/HIV; Prevention Training Center
Script Consultants:	Amanda Newstetter, MSW Center for Health Training
	Barbara Kass-Annese, RNCNP, MSN; Rebecca Braun, MPH, California Family Health Council, Inc.
	Erica Monasterio, MN,FNP University of California, San Francisco
	Jacki S. Witt, JD, MSN, WHNP-BC Title X Clinical Training Center for Family Planning University of Missouri - Kansas City, School of Nursing

Expert Consultants:	Ina Park, MD, MS Clinical STD Fellow California STD Control Branch
	Erica Monasterio, MN, FNP, Clinical Professor Division of Adolescent Medicine and Family Health Care Nursing University of California, San Francisco