What strategies for notifying partners are included in the recommendations?
A. The new partner services recommendations describe five strategies for notifying partners that they have been exposed to HIV or another STD. These strategies are similar with respect to what the partner is told; the main difference between them is who is doing the telling. Notification can be done by any of the following: • A public health professional who has been specifically trained to locate and notify partners of their possible exposure to an STD, including HIV. • The infected person. • The infected person and the health department specialist together. • A non-health department specialist such as a private physician. • A combination strategy: The public health professional completes the notification when the infected person fails to contact their partner within an agreed upon amount of time.
