You can find the videos on the Wisconsin DHS website: https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/std/argc.htm
Problem: Gonorrhea (GC) is the second most commonly tracked disease in the United States, with more than 500,000 reported cases of gonorrhea per year and an estimated 1.14 million new infections each year. Half of these infections are found to be resistant to at least one antibiotic. The public, public health workers, and medical professionals need to know about this issue and what to do to diagnose, treat, and track these cases.
Solution: We collaborated with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Division of Public Health, STD Control Section (WI DPH STD), to create three modules to inform the public about antiresistant gonorrhea, also known as ARGC (GC is the abbreviation for the bacteria that causes gonorrhea). The initiative was to implement surveillance activities in nine high GC morbidity jurisdictions, and Milwaukee, WI, was one of the chosen jurisdictions. After careful consideration, it was decided to change the modules into videos for easier access for users.
There was not a set style guide in place for the project so I combined the City of Milwaukee's style guide with a lot of blues, the CDC STD website, which uses predominantly purple colors, and a Wisconsin DHS data visualization guide. I added a contrasting yellow and created a style sheet for the SURRG modules. The videos will comprise of animation and live footage in the Milwaukee Lab. I used Vyond, Illustrator, and Premiere Pro.
Audience: General public, Public Health Nurses, Disease Intervention Specialists (DIS), Public Health Professionals, and those working in the fields of reproductive and sexual heath/STI’s/HIV.
Objectives:
1) Define Antibiotic-Resistant Gonorrhea (ARGC)
2) Understand the prevalence of gonorrhea in the U.S.
3) Identify 1 goal of the Strengthening U.S. Response to Resistant Gonorrhea (SURRG) Project
You can watch the first video on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLBL2qBJ5Do
Audience:
Primary: General public, Public Health Nurses, Disease Intervention Specialists (DIS), Public Health Professionals, and those working in the fields of reproductive and sexual heath/STI’s/HIV.
Secondary: Interested parties of the general public.
Objectives:
1) Understand what Antibiotic-Resistant Gonorrhea (ARGC) is and how to identify it among your patients
2) Contact Wisconsin DHS for no-cost testing services when needed
3) Securely request materials for specimen collection and transport samples to the City of
Milwaukee Health Department Laboratory (MHDL)
4) Know how the lab will use those samples to assess for ARGC and what your next steps should be
You can watch the second video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqlb8xy6EeI
Audience:
Primary: Disease Intervention Specialists (DIS)
Secondary: Interested parties of the general public and public health professionals.
Objectives:
1) Learn about Antibiotic-Resistant Gonorrhea (ARGC) and how to identify it among your patients
2) How clinicians may assess for ARGC
3) Understand the methods of specimen collection for culture and antimicrobial susceptibility testing
4) Learn about the best practices for patient interviews
You can watch the third video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bacKp0f5gE&t=17s
Some artwork created for the
