• Aust N Z J Public Health · Aug 2008

    General practitioners' knowledge and attitudes to contact tracing for genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection in North Queensland.

    • Clare Heal and Rosanne Muller.
    • Faculty of Medicine, Health & Molecular Sciences, James Cook University, Queensland. clare.heal@jcu.edu.au
    • Aust N Z J Public Health. 2008 Aug 1; 32 (4): 364-6.

    IntroductionMost diagnoses of genital chlamydia infection in Queensland are made by general practitioners (GPs). This study aimed to assess GP attitudes to and knowledge of contact tracing in rural North Queensland.MethodA single page questionnaire mailed to a database of 65 GPs in May 2007.ResultsNearly all respondents (42/43, 97.7%) 'always' or 'mostly' told patients to advise their contacts to seek medical treatment. More than half (24/44, 54.5%) felt that contact tracing was 'sometimes' or 'never' the responsibility of GPs. Around half of respondents (19/39, 48.7%) thought that the local public health unit staff were conducting contact tracing, which is not actually the case.ConclusionThere is lack of clarity surrounding the respective roles and responsibilities of sexual health units, public health units and GPs regarding contact tracing for chlamydia infection.ImplicationsGPs would benefit from education clarifying current contact tracing procedures, methods and resources.

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