It is mandated by law that certain communicable (infectious) diseases be
\nreported to the local health department (LHD) when there is a positive test or
\ndisease diagnosis. By documenting age, gender, ethnicity, and addresses
\nfor all reportable STDs, local (County or City) and State health departments
\ncan establish a database for monitoring disease trends and planning
\ninterventions. Although the personal information of the patient is attached to
\nthe diagnosis, the reporting process is highly confidential. All identifying
\ninformation is removed from disease data that is sent to the Centers for
\nDisease Control (CDC). This way patient confidentiality is maintained while
\nCDC is still able to monitor State and local trends.
\nPositive Test Patient ID to LHJ Patient ID to State without IDs
\nto CDC
\nThe Health Department disease database has several critical purposes,
\nincluding to:
\n(1) monitor the trends of different diseases;
\n(2) plan appropriate responses to disease outbreaks or epidemics;
\n(3) target the distribution of resources to the most critical geographical
\nareas (i.e., build clinics, distribute vaccines, apply for grants, etc.);
\n(4) monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of these responses, and if
\nneed be,
\n(5) declare a public emergency to protect the public\u2019s health.
\nIn California the following STDs are reportable and non-reportable:
\nReportable Not Reportable
\nChlamydia Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
\nGonorrhea Genital Herpes (HSV)
\nPelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) Trichomoniasis
\nNon-Gonococcal Urethritis (NGU)
\n– (NGU) is no longer reportable as of January, 2007)<\/p>\n
III. Benefits of Data Collection<\/strong><\/p>\n STD data are used to:<\/p>\n IV. Limitations of Data<\/strong><\/p>\n It is mandated by law that certain communicable (infectious) diseases be reported to the local health department (LHD) when there is a positive test or disease diagnosis. By documenting age, gender, ethnicity, and addresses for all reportable STDs, local (County or City) and State health departments can establish a database for monitoring disease trends and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-about-std","category-blog"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n
\nand treatment<\/li>\n\n
\ndiagnosed and tested, and have a provider and\/or laboratory who
\nreports that diagnosis. It is estimated that there may be 2 to 5
\ntimes more cases per year than are actually reported.<\/li>\n
\nRace and ethnicity are not specified in about one fourth of all the
\nreported cases in California and even up to two thirds of the cases in
\nsome health jurisdictions.<\/li>\n
\nscreening or better reporting. Therefore, although the numbers go
\nup, it doesn\u2019t always necessarily mean there is more disease
\ntransmission, sometimes just more detection of disease that is
\nalready present in the population.<\/li>\n
\nthen calculated for larger populations. Depending on how the study
\nwas conducted, this can affect the estimated verses actual rates.
\nSome national data (like NHANES) may be extrapolated for state
\ndata based on percent of population alone<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"