sexually transmitted infection
Let an agent explain sexually transmitted infections and their causes and complications, relay prevention, testing and treatment information from health bodies without judgement, support access to confidential services, and route personal medical questions to clinicians.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What these infections are.
Causes
Causes and transmission.
Causes
Causes.
- Which infections are sexually transmitted, and how are they transmitted, according to health bodies? provenance
- Is the user asking about their own symptoms or exposure, which need a clinician or sexual health service? boundary
Complications
Complications.
Complications
Complications.
- What complications can arise, and why does early testing matter? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific infection? action
Prevent Prevention and testing.
Prevent
Prevention.
Prevent
Prevention.
- How do condoms, vaccination, pre-exposure prophylaxis and regular testing prevent infection, according to health bodies? provenance
- Which entry fits HPV vaccination? action
Testing
Testing.
Testing
Testing.
- Where and how can people get tested confidentially, and how often is testing advised? provenance
- Is urgent care needed now, for example after a possible HIV exposure? boundary
Care Treatment and support.
Treatment
Treatment.
Treatment
Treatment.
- How are sexually transmitted infections treated or managed in general terms, and what is partner notification? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific treatment? action
Support
Support without stigma.
Support
Support.
- How can care be discussed without stigma, and what support exists for people living with long-term infections? provenance
- Is the presentation free of judgement? boundary
Learn Epidemiology and history.
Epidemiology
Epidemiology.
Epidemiology
Epidemiology.
- How common are sexually transmitted infections worldwide, and what trends are reported? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
History
History.
History
History.
- How have understanding, treatment and social responses developed historically? provenance
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Activities and processes
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- ACT
- Domain
- ACT.ACT
- Other names and narrower kinds
- canine transmissible venereal tumor, adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma, Fitz-Hugh–Curtis syndrome, Chlamydia trachomatis peritonitis, Chlamydia trachomatis epididymitis, Sexually Transmitted Enteric Infections, chlamydia infection, sexually transmitted intestinal disease, bacterial sexually transmitted disease, viral sexually transmitted disease, classic venereal disease, Ureaplasma infection
What it is Filled
An infection transmitted primarily through sexual contact, caused by bacteria, viruses or parasites; bacterial infections include chlamydia, gonorrhoea and syphilis, viral causes include HIV, herpes simplex virus, human papillomavirus and hepatitis B virus, and parasitic causes include Trichomonas vaginalis, with complications including pelvic inflammatory disease, epididymitis, infertility and certain cancers; sexually transmitted infections are prevented by condoms, vaccination and testing, treated or managed under clinical guidelines, and addressed through confidential sexual health services.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain sexually transmitted infections and their causes and complications, relay prevention, testing and treatment information from health bodies without judgement, support access to confidential services, and route personal medical questions to clinicians.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Sexual transmission
- Often asymptomatic
- Preventable
- Stigma-sensitive
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Disclose or infer a person's infection status without their consent.
- Diagnose an infection or prescribe treatment for a specific person.
- Shame or blame people for having an infection, or tie it to a group's identity.
- Discourage testing, treatment or partner notification recommended by health services.
Only with a human decision
- Partner notification or reporting to a public health authority about a named person.
May
- Explain sexually transmitted infections, prevention, testing and treatment from health authority sources.
- Direct people to confidential testing and sexual health services.
Moral aspects Filled
- Stigma keeps people from testing and treatment, which spreads infection further.
- Status disclosure can lead to violence, exclusion and lost work.
Who is affected
- People with an infection
- Their sexual partners
- Unborn and newborn children
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns the condition; public health authorities lead surveillance and clinicians answer for care.
Master systems
- Notifiable disease surveillance systems
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q131345497 - registry parent class
- Q18123741 - registry parent class
related
- infectious disease - category
- reproductive system disease - complications and overlap
- pathogen - causative organisms
- sex worker - a group served by sexual health services
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.sexually-transmitted-infection
- Wikidata: Q12198 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12198)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Transmitted mainly by sexual contact
- Bacterial, viral or parasitic
- Reproductive system diseases overlap; bloodborne infections have other routes too
- Not physical as a category; infections diagnosed by testing.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain causes and complications
- relay prevention and testing information
- support access to services
- route personal questions
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Agents giving personal diagnostic advice
- Stigmatising or judgemental framing
- Outdated treatment information
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Clinical guidelines for sexual health
- Notifiable disease and partner notification rules
- Confidentiality law for sexual health services
Context of use required Filled
- Infections spread through sexual contact.
- bacterial infections such as chlamydia, gonorrhoea and syphilis
- viral infections such as HIV, herpes, HPV and hepatitis B
- parasitic infections such as trichomoniasis
- complications such as pelvic inflammatory disease and epididymitis
- sexually transmitted enteric infections
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q12198: sexually transmitted infection - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Sexually transmitted infection - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each infection be a separate entry?
- How should health services be linked by region?
- How should guidelines be linked?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q12198/spec.json