학술논문
Evaluating the effect of the plan of national syphilis control in controlling the syphilis epidemic in Jiangsu, China 2010–2020
Document Type
article
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Source
Frontiers in Public Health, Vol 11 (2023)
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Language
English
ISSN
2296-2565
Abstract
BackgroundStarting in 2010, the Chinese government initiated a 10-year syphilis control plan, called the national syphilis control plan (NSCP), to address the emerging threat of syphilis. We aimed to evaluate the effect of the NSCP plan on syphilis control in Jiangsu, China.MethodsThe temporal trends of syphilis incidence, prevalence and rate of condom use were estimated by Joinpoint regression with average annual percent change (APC) and average annual percentage (APPC). A Chi-square test was conducted to analyze the outcomes in different subgroups. ArcGIS was used to analyze the spatiotemporal distribution of syphilis incidence.ResultsGeographically, early and congenital syphilis incidence decreased significantly in all areas of the province during the period of NSCP. Early syphilis incidence decreased from 21.1 to 8.8 (APC: −7.5, 95%CI: −8.6, −6.5, p