What are partner services (PS)?
A. The term partner services includes a variety of related services which are offered to people infected with a HIV/STD and their sex or needle-sharing partners. The primary “steps” (and their corresponding services) in the partner services process are as follows: • Identify individuals who have recently been diagnosed with syphilis, HIV, gonorrhea, or chlamydial infection. Such individuals can be identified by partner services programs through a variety of methods, such as disease reporting systems, referrals from STD clinics or counseling and testing sites, and referrals from private sector health-care providers. • Contact the newly diagnosed individual to determine whether he/she has received the test results and understood them, whether he/she has received referrals to medical care and other needed social services, and whether he/she has accessed medical services, including treatment. • Discuss the need for this individual to notify his/her sexual or needle-sharing partners about t
