Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-13-2025
Publication Title
Electronic Journal of General Medicine
Abstract
Objectives: To describe a partnership between CrescentCare and Louisiana State University (LSU) School of Medicine that created a new Sexual Health Clinic in New Orleans, and to assess the health services that patients sought and received at the new clinic in the opening months of its creation. Methods: When the new clinic opened, signs were posted on New Orleans streets, flyers were placed in selected emergency rooms and healthcare facilities, radio and bus stop advertisements were purchased, and the CrescentCare website was updated with the addition of a page for the new clinic. The new clinic opened on 15 June 2015. A survey questionnaire was administered to 706 patients who visited the new clinic from 1 October 2015 to 30 December 2015 to capture 3 quality improvement patient indicators. Their medical records were retrospectively reviewed to assess the services they came to seek at the new clinic. Results: Patients were 64.7% men, 35.0% women, 0.3% transgender women, 64.9% black, 94.6% non-Hispanic, 35.4% men who have sex with women, 23.4% men who have sex with men, and 29.5% women who have sex with men. Patients most frequently learned about the new clinic from friends. They mostly chose the new clinic because of the walk-in availability of services and the convenience of its location. Reasons for the visits included sexually transmitted infection (STI) symptoms, STI screening, STI treatment, STI contact, and laboratory test results. Past STI histories were highly frequent, as well as the prevalence of positive STI tests the day of the visit. Conclusions: The LSU-CrescentCare Sexual Health Center is a model of a successful community-driven, public-private collaborative initiative aimed at ensuring that in the New Orleans region, everyone has an equal opportunity to achieve their best possible sexual health, regardless of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, income, education, or zip code.
Volume
22
Issue
5
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Taylor, Stephanie N.; Lillis, Rebecca A.; Wilcox, Ronald D.; Damioli, Laura; Martin, David H.; Riener, Alice; Figueroa, Julio E.; and Nsuami, M. Jacques, "LSU-CrescentCare Sexual Health Center: An inter-organizational partnership initiative to improve access to sexual health services in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States" (2025). School of Medicine Faculty Publications. 3963.
https://digitalscholar.lsuhsc.edu/som_facpubs/3963
10.29333/ejgm/16748
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