Workforce Implications of Key Considerations Outlined in the National Academies’ Report on Sexually Transmitted Infections
| 1. Given that the current, narrowly defined STI workforce of specialized ID providers and DISs has limited capacity to ensure adequate and equitable reach of STI prevention, testing, and treatment services, novel approaches for expanding and redefining the STI workforce are needed, including adoption of a holistic sexual health paradigm for workforce development. |
| 2. Adoption of a holistic perspective recognizing sexual health as an integral component of overall health and well-being that is best addressed as part of routine, comprehensive healthcare and health promotion requires broader ownership and accountability for provision of STI prevention, testing, and treatment among diverse clinical and nonclinical actors. |
| 3. To fully leverage the available workforce, it is of crucial import to enable service delivery to the full scope of providers’ practice, especially for those clinicians and healthcare professionals who are well positioned to facilitate and expand STI prevention, testing, and treatment, but currently face regulatory or administrative barriers to the delivery of sexual health services, such as nurses, physician assistants, and pharmacists. |
| 4. Healthcare generalists (ie, primary care physicians, nurses, physician assistants, clinical behavioral health practitioners) require better preparation for the routine delivery of recommended sexual health and STI services, including through incorporation of minimum standards for sexual health and STI services into professional training, licensing, and practice guidelines. |
| 5. Members of the current STI and HIV specialty workforce (ie, ID physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and nurses with expertise in STIs and HIV, as well as DISs) are needed as leaders in the provision of STI-related training and technical assistance, advocacy, and consultation in supporting the ambitious shift toward a sexual health paradigm for STI prevention and control. |
| 6. Success in the fight against STIs, including ending the HIV epidemic in the United States, cannot be achieved without sustained, targeted, and adequately prioritized efforts to promote the development of a robust sexual health workforce. |
| 1. Given that the current, narrowly defined STI workforce of specialized ID providers and DISs has limited capacity to ensure adequate and equitable reach of STI prevention, testing, and treatment services, novel approaches for expanding and redefining the STI workforce are needed, including adoption of a holistic sexual health paradigm for workforce development. |
| 2. Adoption of a holistic perspective recognizing sexual health as an integral component of overall health and well-being that is best addressed as part of routine, comprehensive healthcare and health promotion requires broader ownership and accountability for provision of STI prevention, testing, and treatment among diverse clinical and nonclinical actors. |
| 3. To fully leverage the available workforce, it is of crucial import to enable service delivery to the full scope of providers’ practice, especially for those clinicians and healthcare professionals who are well positioned to facilitate and expand STI prevention, testing, and treatment, but currently face regulatory or administrative barriers to the delivery of sexual health services, such as nurses, physician assistants, and pharmacists. |
| 4. Healthcare generalists (ie, primary care physicians, nurses, physician assistants, clinical behavioral health practitioners) require better preparation for the routine delivery of recommended sexual health and STI services, including through incorporation of minimum standards for sexual health and STI services into professional training, licensing, and practice guidelines. |
| 5. Members of the current STI and HIV specialty workforce (ie, ID physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and nurses with expertise in STIs and HIV, as well as DISs) are needed as leaders in the provision of STI-related training and technical assistance, advocacy, and consultation in supporting the ambitious shift toward a sexual health paradigm for STI prevention and control. |
| 6. Success in the fight against STIs, including ending the HIV epidemic in the United States, cannot be achieved without sustained, targeted, and adequately prioritized efforts to promote the development of a robust sexual health workforce. |
Abbreviations: DIS, disease intervention specialist; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; ID, infectious disease; STI, sexually transmitted infection.
Workforce Implications of Key Considerations Outlined in the National Academies’ Report on Sexually Transmitted Infections
| 1. Given that the current, narrowly defined STI workforce of specialized ID providers and DISs has limited capacity to ensure adequate and equitable reach of STI prevention, testing, and treatment services, novel approaches for expanding and redefining the STI workforce are needed, including adoption of a holistic sexual health paradigm for workforce development. |
| 2. Adoption of a holistic perspective recognizing sexual health as an integral component of overall health and well-being that is best addressed as part of routine, comprehensive healthcare and health promotion requires broader ownership and accountability for provision of STI prevention, testing, and treatment among diverse clinical and nonclinical actors. |
| 3. To fully leverage the available workforce, it is of crucial import to enable service delivery to the full scope of providers’ practice, especially for those clinicians and healthcare professionals who are well positioned to facilitate and expand STI prevention, testing, and treatment, but currently face regulatory or administrative barriers to the delivery of sexual health services, such as nurses, physician assistants, and pharmacists. |
| 4. Healthcare generalists (ie, primary care physicians, nurses, physician assistants, clinical behavioral health practitioners) require better preparation for the routine delivery of recommended sexual health and STI services, including through incorporation of minimum standards for sexual health and STI services into professional training, licensing, and practice guidelines. |
| 5. Members of the current STI and HIV specialty workforce (ie, ID physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and nurses with expertise in STIs and HIV, as well as DISs) are needed as leaders in the provision of STI-related training and technical assistance, advocacy, and consultation in supporting the ambitious shift toward a sexual health paradigm for STI prevention and control. |
| 6. Success in the fight against STIs, including ending the HIV epidemic in the United States, cannot be achieved without sustained, targeted, and adequately prioritized efforts to promote the development of a robust sexual health workforce. |
| 1. Given that the current, narrowly defined STI workforce of specialized ID providers and DISs has limited capacity to ensure adequate and equitable reach of STI prevention, testing, and treatment services, novel approaches for expanding and redefining the STI workforce are needed, including adoption of a holistic sexual health paradigm for workforce development. |
| 2. Adoption of a holistic perspective recognizing sexual health as an integral component of overall health and well-being that is best addressed as part of routine, comprehensive healthcare and health promotion requires broader ownership and accountability for provision of STI prevention, testing, and treatment among diverse clinical and nonclinical actors. |
| 3. To fully leverage the available workforce, it is of crucial import to enable service delivery to the full scope of providers’ practice, especially for those clinicians and healthcare professionals who are well positioned to facilitate and expand STI prevention, testing, and treatment, but currently face regulatory or administrative barriers to the delivery of sexual health services, such as nurses, physician assistants, and pharmacists. |
| 4. Healthcare generalists (ie, primary care physicians, nurses, physician assistants, clinical behavioral health practitioners) require better preparation for the routine delivery of recommended sexual health and STI services, including through incorporation of minimum standards for sexual health and STI services into professional training, licensing, and practice guidelines. |
| 5. Members of the current STI and HIV specialty workforce (ie, ID physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and nurses with expertise in STIs and HIV, as well as DISs) are needed as leaders in the provision of STI-related training and technical assistance, advocacy, and consultation in supporting the ambitious shift toward a sexual health paradigm for STI prevention and control. |
| 6. Success in the fight against STIs, including ending the HIV epidemic in the United States, cannot be achieved without sustained, targeted, and adequately prioritized efforts to promote the development of a robust sexual health workforce. |
Abbreviations: DIS, disease intervention specialist; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; ID, infectious disease; STI, sexually transmitted infection.
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