Does a waiting room increase same-day treatment for sexually transmitted infections among pregnant women? A quality improvement study at South African primary healthcare facilities
Introduction of a waiting room did not increase the proportion of women who waited for their results in this observational study. Future studies should investigate infrastructure, individual and test-based factors that affect same-day STI testing and treatment.
Authors
- Chibuzor M. Babalola (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3762-1620)
- Janneke van de Wijgert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2728-4560)
- Ranjana M S Gigi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7926-4153)
- Christina A. Muzny (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4005-3858)
- Andrew Medina‐Marino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0095-4141)
- Remco P. H. Peters (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2124-7275)
- Lukas Bütikofer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0801-746X)
- Mandisa M Mdingi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2795-0343)
- Nicola Low (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4817-8986)
- Christopher M. Taylor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7983-5275)
- Jeffrey David Klausner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6922-7364)
Institutions
- University of Southern California (US)
- University of Bern (CH)
- Utrecht University (NL)
- University Medical Center Utrecht (NL)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
- Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (CH)
- Foundation for Professional Development (ZA)
- University of Pretoria (ZA)
- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Health Services Research
- Published
- 2025-04-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-025-12607-x
- Primary Topic
- Reproductive tract infections research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
- National Institutes of Health