Social and behavioral correlates of pelvic inflammatory disease.

Aral SO, Wasserheit JN
Sexually transmitted diseases · 1998 · doi:10.1097/00007435-199808000-00010 · PMID:9713919
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This review examines the social and behavioral determinants of pelvic inflammatory disease by analyzing risk factors for exposure, acquisition, and sequelae at both individual and population levels. The authors identify recurrent chlamydial infection and critical delays in detection and treatment as the two primary drivers of PID development. They emphasize that widespread screening for cervical infections combined with timely appropriate treatment is essential for prevention, noting that health care seeking behaviors and provider training require improvement. This paper does not explicitly discuss endometriosis or adenomyosis; it was included in the corpus via a keyword match in the upstream search index.

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ObjectivesTo review the social and behavioral correlates of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) in the light of the renewed interest in the transmission dynamics of communicable diseases, the new emphasis on health care seeking and health service provision, and increased attention to contextual and population level factors affecting morbidity.MethodsSocial and behavioral correlates of PID are reviewed using a conceptual scheme that matrixes the differences among risk factors for exposure, acquisition, and development of sequelae with the differences between individual-level risk factors and population-level determinants.ResultsTwo major factors contribute to the development of PID: recurrent (or persistent) chlamydial infection of the cervix, which are geographically concentrated and associated with contextual variables, and critical delays in detection and treatment of cervical infection, which are amenable to interventions.ConclusionsWidespread screening for cervical infection followed by timely and appropriate treatment is key for prevention of PID. Health care seeking, provider training, and availability of detection technologies and drugs need to be improved.
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Objectives

To review the social and behavioral correlates of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) in the light of the renewed interest in the transmission dynamics of communicable diseases, the new emphasis on health care seeking and health service provision, and increased attention to contextual and population level factors affecting morbidity.

Methods

Social and behavioral correlates of PID are reviewed using a conceptual scheme that matrixes the differences among risk factors for exposure, acquisition, and development of sequelae with the differences between individual-level risk factors and population-level determinants.

Results

Two major factors contribute to the development of PID: recurrent (or persistent) chlamydial infection of the cervix, which are geographically concentrated and associated with contextual variables, and critical delays in detection and treatment of cervical infection, which are amenable to interventions.

Conclusions

Widespread screening for cervical infection followed by timely and appropriate treatment is key for prevention of PID. Health care seeking, provider training, and availability of detection technologies and drugs need to be improved.

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