Assessing Effectiveness Brochure: LHD/NHHE Progam Working Together AND STD Prevention Services

Attachment A1: Data Collection Definitions (These Will Be Hover Boxes over the Relevant Terms; See Light Gray Highlighted Terms in Attachment A-Paper Version of Data Collection)

Definitions

Term	Definition
Across the board	Refers to a process in which changes in spending or staffing are applied to all categories of an organization, usually in a manner proportional to each category’s share of staffing or budgeting before the change. Example: A department has 2 branches, one with 30% of department staff and the other with 70%. An across-the-board cut of 10 staff members would probably cut 3 staff members from the first branch and 7 from the second
Expedited partner therapy (EPT)	Refers to some procedure for treatment of partners without examination by a clinician, such as by providing a prescription for a patient’s partners or by providing treatment directly to a patient to take to his or her partners
Fewer clinic hours (Question 40-c2)	If you closed clinics but did not reduce hours at any other clinics, do not check this option
Field-delivered treatment	Refers to health department staff providing treatment directly to partners in a non-clinical setting without examination by a clinician
Non-clinical	Refers to a setting other than a conventional health care setting, such as a mobile van, community-based organization, jail intake, or health fair
Partner services	Refers to activities undertaken by the health department designed to lead to examination or treatment of partners of persons diagnosed with an STD. Informing patients to refer their partners for examination and treatment without further assistance is not considered to be partner services for the purposes of this data collection
Specialty STD clinic	Refers to a clinic devoted to examination for and treatment of STDs or to a clinic that has hours and staff devoted wholly to STD services. Multi-role clinics, such as maternal and child health or primary care are not considered to be categorical STD clinics for the purposes of this data collection
STD prevention services	Refers to clinical and non-clinical services that prevent and treat STDs, such as screening, treatment, vaccination, and partner services