Table 1.

Job title of survey respondents and demographic information about participating sites STI, sexually transmissible infection; PN, partner notification

	n	No. (%) of survey respondents
Survey respondent job title	69
Site Director		19 (28)
STI/HIV Program Manager		11 (16)
Communicable disease, public health or STI/HIV nurse		15 (22)
Nursing Director, Manager or Supervisor		6 (9)
Disease Intervention Specialist		2 (3)
OtherA		16 (23)
Type of testing site	74
County or city health department clinic		43 (58)
Community, family or wellness health centre		22 (30)
Family planning, reproductive health or women’s clinic		5 (7)
STI/HIV speciality clinic		4 (5)
Geographic location	74
Midwest		19 (26)
North-east		11 (15)
South		29 (39)
West		15 (20)
Median no. of full-time personnel involved in STI/HIV-related work (range)	70	3 (1–40)
Median no. of full-time personnel providing PN services (range)	63	3 (0–40)
At least one of the following full-time personnel provides PN services on siteB	62
Nurses		49 (79)
Physicians		10 (16)
Disease Intervention Specialists		3 (5)
Physician’s Assistants		18 (29)
OtherC		11 (18)
PN service provider	74
On-site personnel only		15 (20)
Affiliate personnel only		1 (1)
Both		58 (78)
Unaware of affiliate’s PN protocols for a STID
Chlamydia	28	10 (36)
Gonorrhoea	32	14 (44)
HIV	53	25 (47)
Syphilis	47	22 (47)
Average no. of patients seen for testing per year	74
<1000		43 (58)
1000–1999		12 (16)
2000–2999		5 (7)
≥3000		7 (9)
Unknown		7 (9)
Average no. of chlamydia diagnoses per year	74
No testing services available		4 (5)
<50		26 (35)
50–99		9 (12)
100–149		6 (8)
≥150		12 (16)
Unknown		17 (23)
Average no. of gonorrhoea diagnoses per year	74
No testing services available		2 (3)
<10		32 (43)
10–19		10 (14)
20–29		2 (3)
≥30		12 (16)
Unknown		16 (22)
Average no. of HIV diagnoses per year	74
No testing services available		4 (5)
<5		39 (53)
5–10		4 (5)
10–15		2 (3)
≥15		9 (12)
Unknown		16 (22)
Average no. of syphilis diagnoses per year	74
No testing services available		4 (5)
<5		44 (59)
5–10		2 (3)
10–15		5 (7)
≥15		4 (5)
Unknown		15 (20)

^AIncludes one assistant director, one Chief Executive Officer, one clinical coordinator, two family planning coordinators, one HIV case manager, two PN service coordinators, one reproductive health clinic coordinator, one STI counsellor and one testing coordinator.

^BPercentages exceed 100 because some respondents reported having more than one type of personnel providing PN services.

^CIncludes medical assistants, counsellors, administrative staff, social workers, health educators and interpreters.

^DIncludes respondents: (i) that offered testing services for the sexually transmissible infection (STI) of interest; (ii) that reported having an affiliate; and (iii) whose affiliate provided PN services for the STI of interest.