Roles Of Health Care Providers In Preventing Sexual Transmitted Diseases

Abstract

Given the rising prevalence of most sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in recent years, it is essential for all healthcare practitioners to play a part in evaluating STD risk and treating infections. STD clinics will remain centers of specialized treatment and are being more acknowledged as places to offer HIV preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent new HIV infections. Healthcare professionals in primary care offices, family planning clinics, and community-based clinics will keep identifying STDs in asymptomatic individuals who are most vulnerable to these infections. Recommendations are necessary to standardize the delivery of STD treatment in healthcare settings due to the inconsistent supply of STD services. Increasing incidences of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the US and Europe are a critical public health concern that demands a public health intervention. STI diagnosis and treatment have been fundamental in STI control and prevention for many years. Publicly financed STI clinics have historically been crucial in providing STI care.