Table 3 Continued Reference Objective Population Study Design Disease Reinfection Limitations Incidence or Results Prevalence Swartzendruber et Identify Female 14-20 Subanalysis of Incidence 40.0% Factors subject to al. [30] baseline years old; parent RCT chlamydia = change over time; predictors of 16.5% influence of parent repeat 3 Gonorrhea = intervention; infection of Atlanta 6.5% attrition rate gonorrhea reproductive different between and/or health clinics; groups; excluded chlamydia Completed different from among more than one included follow-up adolescent females Sales et al. [31] Examine SES Females 14-20 Subanalysis of Not provided 15.0% SES status change strain on STI years old; parent RCT over lifetime; not risk, generalizable; acquisition 3 recall bias; sexual and reinfection clinics in risk and Altanta, GA intervention condition included as potential confounders in analysis Craft-Blacksheare Explore Qualitative. N/A N/A - Small sample size; et al. [32] reasons for Audiotaped homogeneous high women ages interviews. sample; did not recurrance rate 3 urban Health Belief address among health clinics in Model relationship Michigan quality, or partner involvement; not urban women reproducible
Table 3 Continued Reference Objective Population Study Design Disease Incidence or Prevalence Reinfection Results Limitations Swartzendruber et al. [30] Identify baseline predictors of repeat infection of gonorrhea and/or chlamydia among adolescent females Female 14-20 years old; 3 Atlanta reproductive health clinics; Completed more than one follow-up Subanalysis of parent RCT Incidence chlamydia = 16.5% Gonorrhea = 6.5% 40.0% Factors subject to change over time; influence of parent intervention; attrition rate different between groups; excluded different from included Sales et al. [31] Examine SES strain on STI risk, acquisition and reinfection Females 14-20 years old; 3 clinics in Altanta, GA Subanalysis of parent RCT Not provided 15.0% SES status change over lifetime; not generalizable; recall bias; sexual risk and intervention condition included as potential confounders in analysis Craft-Blacksheare et al. [32] Explore reasons for high recurrance rate among urban women women ages 3 urban health clinics in Michigan Qualitative. Audiotaped interviews. Health Belief Model N/A N/A - Small sample size; homogeneous sample; did not address relationship quality, or partner involvement; not reproducible