The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a finger-prick blood test for rapid diagnosis of syphilis infection can be implemented in a low-barrier prenatal clinic for people at risk of syphilis in pregnancy. The test gives results in 5 minutes and also tests for HIV.
The main questions the study aims to answer are:
* How often do pregnant people at risk of syphilis agree to the rapid test? * How well do healthcare providers perform the rapid test? * Does the rapid test speed up diagnosis and treatment of syphilis in pregnant people and their sexual partners?
Participants will:
* Give feedback about why they did or did not want to take the rapid test, and what their experience was taking the test; and * Share information about their health, pregnancy, and syphilis treatment (if applicable).
Pregnant people
Substance use or accessed addiction services in the past 1 year
Unstable housing in the past 1 year
Multiple sexual partners in the past 1 year
Previous syphilis diagnosis
Not competent to consent to study participation
Sexual partners
Sexual partners of pregnant clients who are newly diagnosed with syphilis
McMaster University
Lead sponsor
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Collaborator