Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 32, Issue 5 , Pages 336-339 , May 2003

Screening for sexually transmitted diseases during preparticipation sports examination of high school adolescents

  • Malanda Nsuami, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (M.N., B.N.B., L.S.S., F.M., D.A.C.)
    • Department of Medicine (M.N., L.S.S., F.M., S.N.T.), Section of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Dr. Malanda Nsuami, 1542 Tulane Avenue, Room 404, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.
    • ,
  • Migel Elie, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • New Orleans Public Schools Medical and Health Services Department, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (M.E., T.D.N.)
    • ,
  • Bridget N Brooks, M.S.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (M.N., B.N.B., L.S.S., F.M., D.A.C.)
    • ,
  • Ladatra S Sanders, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (M.N., B.N.B., L.S.S., F.M., D.A.C.)
    • Department of Medicine (M.N., L.S.S., F.M., S.N.T.), Section of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
    • ,
  • Theresa D Nash, R.N., M.N.

      Affiliations

    • New Orleans Public Schools Medical and Health Services Department, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (M.E., T.D.N.)
    • ,
  • Feseha Makonnen, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (M.N., B.N.B., L.S.S., F.M., D.A.C.)
    • Department of Medicine (M.N., L.S.S., F.M., S.N.T.), Section of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
    • ,
  • Stephanie N Taylor, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine (M.N., L.S.S., F.M., S.N.T.), Section of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
    • ,
  • Deborah A Cohen, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (M.N., B.N.B., L.S.S., F.M., D.A.C.)

,Accepted 18 November 2002.

References 

  1. Feinstein RA, Soileau EJ, Daniel WA. A national survey of preparticipation physical examination requirements. Phys Sports Med. 1988;16:51–59
  2. Smith DM, Lombardo JA, Robinson JB. The preparticipation evaluation. Prim Care. 1991;18:777–807
  3. Group on Science and Technology, American Medical Association . Athletic preparticipation examinations for adolescents. Report of the Board of Trustees. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1994;148:93–98
  4. Sanders B, Nemeth WC. Preparticipation physical examinations. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 1996;23:149–163
  5. Bratton RL. Preparticipation screening of children for sports (Current recommendations). Sports Med. 1997;24:300–307
  6. Krowchuk DP. The preparticipation athletic examination (A closer look). Pediatr Ann. 1997;26:37–49
  7. Grafe MW, Paul GR, Foster TE. The preparticipation sports examination for high school and college athletes. Clin Sports Med. 1997;16:569–591
  8. Myers A, Sickles T. Preparticipation sports examination. Prim Care. 1998;25:225–236
  9. Ballard RI. The preparticipation athletic evaluation. J La State Med Soc. 1998;150:302–306
  10. Cohen DA, Nsuami M, Martin DH, Farley TA. Repeated school-based screening for sexually transmitted diseases (A feasible strategy for reaching adolescents). Pediatrics. 1999;104:1281–1285
  11. Abbott Laboratories. Ligase Chain Reaction Amplification Technique. Chlamydia trachomatis Assay and Neisseria gonorrhoeae Assay. LCx Probe System Package Inserts. Abbott Park, IL, 1996
  12. Goldberg B, Saraniti A, Witman P, et al.  Pre-participation sports assessment (An objective evaluation). Pediatrics. 1980;66:736–745
  13. Risser WL, Hoffman HM, Bellah GG, Green LW. A cost-benefit analysis of preparticipation sports examinations of adolescents athletes. J Sch Health. 1985;55:270–273
  14. Schichor A, Beck A. School-based follow-up care for sports physicals. J Sch Health. 1988;58:200–202
  15. Buimer M, van Doornum GJJ, Ching S, et al.  Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae by ligase chain reaction-based assays with clinical specimens from various sites (Implications for diagnostic testing and screening). J Clin Microbiol. 1996;34:2395–2400
  16. Chernesky M, Morse S, Schachter J. Newly available and future tests for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) other than HIV. Sex Transm Dis. 1999;26(Suppl 4):S8–S11
  17. Marx R, Aral SO. Gonorrhea rates (What denominator is most appropriate?). Am J Public Health. 1989;79:1057–1058
  18. Genç M, Ruusuvaara L, Mårdh P-A. An economic evaluation of screening for Chlamydia trachomatis in adolescent males. JAMA. 1993;270:2057–2064
  19. Howell RM, Quinn TC, Brathwaite W, Gaydos CA. Screening women for Chlamydia trachomatis in family planning clinics (The cost-effectiveness of DNA amplification assays). Sex Transm Dis. 1998;25:108–117
  20. DuRant RH, Linder CW, Sanders JM, et al.  Adolescent females’ readiness to participate in sports (Sex and race differences in the preparticipation athletic examination). J Adolesc Health Care. 1988;9:310–314
  21. Kann L, Kinchen SA, Williams BI, et al.  Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance—United States, 1999. J Sch Health. 2000;70:271–275
  22. National Federation of State High School Associations . 1992 Sports Participation survey. Kansas City, MO: National Federation of State High School Associations; 1992;
  23. Sabo D. Introduction. Physical activity and sport in the lives of girls: Physical and mental health dimensions from an interdisciplinary approach. Washington, DC: The President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, 1997:xix–xxvii
  24. Division of STD Prevention. Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance, 1999. Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and prevention (CDC), September 2000
  25. Nsuami M, Cohen DA. Participation in a school-based sexually transmitted disease screening program. Sex Transm Dis. 2000;27:473–479
  26. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . 1998 guidelines for treatment of sexually transmitted diseases. MMWR Recomm Rep. 1998;47:1–111

PII: S1054-139X(03)00017-X

doi: 10.1016/S1054-139X(03)00017-X

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 32, Issue 5 , Pages 336-339 , May 2003

Article Tools