Page 12 THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, JULY 28 1976
Naming names necessary part of VD treatment
Third of a series
A 27-year-old businessman en
tered a public health clinic and com
plained of the typical symptoms of
gonorrhea — a burning sensation
when urinating, and a discharge.
The attending physician per
formed tests for gonorrhea, which
proved to be positive, and the pa
tient was treated with penicillin.
Before the patient left the clinic, a
VD contact interviewer told him
about the disease he had, its ramifi
cations if not properly treated, and
the urgent need to refer or bring in
sex partners to medical facility for
examination. The patient named two
sexual contacts, only one of whom
could be traced. Tests performed on
the contact were positive, and she
was appropriately treated.
The businessman returned to the
clinic three weeks later with the
same complaint, and tests for
gonorrhea again were positive.
Further questioning by the con
tact interviewer revealed that the
patient was married and was having
regular relations with his wife. His
previous gonorrhea had “ping-
ponged” back to him from his wife,
whom he previously had infected.
Simultaneous treatment stopped
this infectious cycle.
Venereal disease epidemiology —
the process of seeking out the source
and spread of individual infections
— has developed into a highly
sophisticated science. The contact
interviewer’s role is essential to this
process, as the above case history
demonstrates.
The prime goal of the contact
interview is to elicit from the patient
the names of his sexual contacts, and
information that will enable the
interviewer to locate those persons
rapidly.
Most patients respond either by
bringing their contacts in for treat
ment or by assisting the interviewer
in identifying and locating the con
tacts. But many are reluctant to ac
cept the idea that their steady sex
partner could possibly be infected
and will only name one-time or occa
sional contacts. Therefore, when the
patient stops giving names, the
interviewer asks specifically for the
name of the patient’s steady sex
partner.
The ignorance, fear, and shame
surrounding venereal disease are or-
stacles with which the VD contact
interviewer must deal constantly.
The patient may be nervous, hos
tile, unconcerned or uncommunica
tive.
The interviewer tries to put the
patient at ease and to demonstrate
his competence and understanding
of the patient’s particular problems.
At eveiy stage, the patient is reas
sured that all of the services available
to him are completely confidential
and that his sexual partners will be
taken care of discreetly and tactfully.
The interviewer never assumes
that a patient is heterosexual. If an
attempt to elicit the names of
homosexual contacts is not made,
the interviewer may be doing only
half of the job.
It is a never-ending task, begin
ning and ending with the names of
infected individuals. Speed is criti
cal: There is a direct relationship be
tween the speed with which contacts
are located and the effectiveness of a
VD control program.
This is especially true for
gonorrhea because this rapidly
spreading disease h*s a short incuba
tion period (usually 3-5 days), is con
tagious througout the course of in
fection and can be asymptomatic.
Because of the large number of
gonorrhea patients and the small
number of health workers, patients
often are asked to refer personally
their contacts to a private physician
or a public health clinic.
The longer incubation period of
syphilis (10-90 days) gives the con
tact interviewer adequate time to
search out all contacts. A specific
blood test for syphilis and a medical
history and examination enable
health experts to determine how
long the patient has had the disease,
and when he could have caught as
well as spread it.
All patients with “early” syphilis
— infections of less than one year —
are interviewed to elicit the names of
those sexual partners who were ex
posed during this infectious stage of
the disease. For patients with infec
tions of more than one year, the
steady or marital partner is exam
ined and treated.
The interviewer must provide the
patient with real, logical reasons for
giving names of contacts. Most of the
best reasons concern the patient’s
own well-being, such as the possibil
ity that the patient will be re
exposed to his sex partners and re
infected with the disease.
When the patient understands
that what the contact interviewer is
asking him to do is in his own best
interest, and that of his friends, he is
usually willing to cooperate.
VD continues to spreadd
the best efforts of contactjj
viewers and other state a
public health workers. Ini
cording to figures reported ij
local Texas health departs
636,407 patients were scree®
VD, 184,498 were admitted(J
ical service, and 280,086 weit|
tacted by public health wait
Aggie, Maggie dolls
part of crafts fair
KANM offers variety of music
Two A&M grads
in church work
If you are bored by listening to the
same song played three times during
the hour on your present radio sta
tion or if you are disgusted by the
many deodorant, burger, and pim
ple prevention commercials inter
rupting what little music is broad
cast, then turn your FM dial to 89.1
and treat your ears to KANM Stu
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KANM broadcasts 24 hours-a-day
over both area cable companies. It is
staffed by volunteeers, who work
4-hour shifts, and caters to its listen-
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station Manager Phil Williams
says that the station will play any
request, provided the tune is not
obscene and it is contained within
the station’s music library.
The programming at KANM is
progressive, which means the lis
tener will hear a variety of different
types of music. A disc jockey at the
station said this will vary according
to the music preference of each DJ
and the type of requests people
make.
Electronic ’Letters to the Editor’
will he initiated in the fall, Williams
said. A tape recorder will he placed
somewhere on campus for students
to say what they want to about the
station. These comments will be
aired every hour on KANM.
Williams said that he presently
needs DJs to fill vacancies on his
programming schedule. He em
phasized that persons are needed for
the two weeks between the second
summer session and the fall semes
ter. He said that any person able to
work one or more 4-hour shifts diFr-
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semester can contact him through
the station (846-1612).
So, if you’re hungry for good lis
tening, tune in to KANM Student
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can eat it with your ears.
Texas A&M graduates Notie H.
Lansfordjr. and Clyde E. Schulz Jr.
have gone to work abroad as South
ern Baptist missionaiy journeymen.
Schulz is employed as an ag
ronomist in Brazil. Lansford went to
Kenya as an agricultural teacher.
Both are 1976 A&M graduates.
Lansford, of Corrizo Springs, and
Schulz, from Wharton, were com
missioned among 94 new jour
neymen last week at Bon Air Baptist
Church in Bon Air, Va. Theirs was
the largest of 12 groups sent out by
the Southern Baptist Convention.
Journeymen are college graduates
no older than 26 who work for two
years alongside career missionaries
in specific job assignments overseas.
Need an Aggie doll?
A crafts fair will be held this
Thursday and Friday from 10 a.m. to
5 p.m. in the Memorial Student
Center mall. Local artists will be
displaying and selling their work,
which includes everything from
string art and needlepoint to pottery
and liquid silver necklaces.
There will also be drawings and
paintings in the fair. All of the ob
jects of art will be handmade by the
person selling them. Half of the ar
tists are students at A&M.
One lady will be selling per
sonalized dolls. These are made from
a photo of the person to be im
mortalized. The artists will capture
the person’s personality and even
match the clothing. If that doesn’t
strike one’s fancy, she is also
Aggie and Maggie dolls.
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John M. Weston, 21, of Bryan,
was awarded a $500 Ray Y. Gildea
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1976-77 Friday, July 16, during the
annual conference of the Texas
Council Chapters of the Soil Con
servation Society of America.
Weston is one of 22 recipients
from throughout the nation. The
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students to complete their under
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Weston is the son of the Rev. and
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range science at Texas A&M. He is
married and has a son.
The student had an early interest
in range science and taught conser
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Scout summer camps during his high
school years. He currently works
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his education and family. He also has
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Soil Conservation Service of the
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hopes to continue work with that
agency after graduation,
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science and art of good land use. It
has over 14,500 members in the
United States, Canada and 80
foreign countries.
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Conference was held on the A&M
campus July 15-17.
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