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Title: Syphilis Elimination Plan Working Group SEPWOG Community Addressing Syphilis in Baltimore


1
Syphilis Elimination Plan Working Group
(SEPWOG)Community Addressing Syphilis in
Baltimore
  • Sheridan Johnson
  • Syphilis Elimination Project Coordinator

2
Syphilis Elimination Plan Working Group
(SEPWOG) Mission
  • To identify barriers to implementing a Syphilis
    Rapid Response Plan
  • To develop strategies to overcome barriers to
    implementation
  • Publicize findings through a summary document
  • Come together intermittently to address community
    participation in syphilis elimination

3
SEPWOG Importance
  • For first time, community has a voice in
    directing syphilis prevention activities
  • Generates understanding and collaboration around
    problem of syphilis in Baltimore

4
Types of Organizations in SEPWOG
  • Community residents
  • Community-based organizations
  • Community health care facilities
  • Faith Community
  • Academic institutions
  • State Health Department
  • City Health Department
  • Other City Agencies

5
SEPWOG Meetings
  • A series of 6 meetings
  • March June 2000
  • Small group brainstorming sessions

6
SEPWOG Results Barriers to Rapid Response Plan
  • Lack of leadership in STD prevention
  • Lack of community trust in health institutions
  • No one acceptable definition of community
  • Stigma associated with STDs
  • Lack of readily available high-quality
    reproductive services
  • Lack of explanatory data
  • Inadequacy of traditional partner notification

7
Barrier Lack of Leadership for STD Prevention
Activities
  • Few Baltimore community programs directed at
    primary prevention of STDs
  • Why?
  • Perception that promoting safe sex means
    promoting increased sexual activity
  • Competing public health priorities
  • Little awareness of problem and solutions

8
Lack of Leadership for STD Prevention Activities
Strategies
  • Maintain SEPWOG activities
  • Issue Requests for Proposals (RFPs) that focus on
    community groups working with high-risk
    populations
  • Develop a network of grass-roots organizations
    for primary STD prevention

9
Barrier Lack of Community Trust in Health
Institutions
  • Private/Public Health Institutions do not have
    trust of communities they serve

10
Lack of Community Trust in Health Institutions
Strategies
  • Institutions must show respect for privacy,
    provide high-quality care
  • Community-specific Rapid Response with community
    leaders/organizations
  • Emphasize community partnership before Rapid
    Response Team enters community

11
Barrier Stigma Associated with STDs
  • Stigma causes shame/embarrassment
  • Nobody wants to talk about STDs
  • Information about prevention and care options do
    not get out into communities

12
Stigma Associated with STDsStrategies
  • Initiate awareness programs through media
  • Use different forums
  • Schools
  • Department of Corrections
  • Drug Treatment Programs
  • Show true faces of affected community

13
Summary of Recommendations
  • Develop network of community groups focused on
    syphilis prevention
  • Establish relations with communities, accept
    their partnership and leadership
  • Increase access to syphilis testing and treatment
    and quality of services
  • Augment existing data collection to include more
    behavioral and social data

14
Results of SEPWOG
  • Raised awareness of syphilis problem in community
  • Formed strong partnerships between Health
    Department and community
  • Formed strong partnerships between members of
    SEPWOG
  • Began the process of building syphilis prevention
    leadership in Baltimore community

15
Rapid Response Plan
  • This document was generated using the ideas and
    input of SEPWOG meetings
  • All subsequent rapid response team efforts have
    followed the plan
  • Community has provided input during entire
    process-development to implementation

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Community Participation Integral to Rapid
Response in Baltimore
  • Most recommendations have been or are currently
    being implemented
  • SEPWOG served as model for subsequent community
    participationSouth Baltimore and Penn-North
  • Generated sense of ownership, momentum in
    community
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