Table 2.

Key Research Priorities in the CS Epidemic

Category	Example
Structural Factors	Identify systems with which at-risk women interface with (e.g. detention centers, drug rehabilitation programs, food banks).
	Characterize how recent changes to Medicaid funding, coverage, and eligibility criteria influence rates of CS.
	Identify barriers to the implementation of syphilis screening and treatment guidelines in healthcare settings, including delays in test results, access to benzathine penicillin, costs, and administrative barriers.
Individual Factors	Analyze the demographic and behavioral characteristics of mothers with infants with CS
	Perform ethnographic assessments to understand and determine problems that occur along the pathway to prevention of CS.
	Assess women’s knowledge and awareness of sexual and reproductive health information.
	Assess women’s awareness of the importance of prenatal care.
	Identify barriers preventing women from engaging in prenatal care.
	Assess provider knowledge of the epidemiological profile of syphilis and CS, mother-to-child-transmission of syphilis.
	Assess provider knowledge and use of serological tests for identifying syphilis.
	Assess provider knowledge of correct treatment of an infected women and sexual partners.
	Assess provider knowledge of correct treatment of an infected women and sexual partners.