| Title |
Using mobile technology to promote safe sex and sexual health in adolescents: current practices and future recommendations
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Adolescent Health, Medicine and Therapeutics, April 2016
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| DOI | 10.2147/ahmt.s69853 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Judith B Cornelius, Josephine A Appiah |
| Abstract |
Youth and young adults (19-24 years of age) shoulder the burden of sexually transmitted infections accounting for nearly half of all new infections annually. Mobile technology is one way that we have reached this population with safer sex information but challenges exist with the delivery process. The literature between 2010 and 2015 was reviewed for data on safe sex and sexual health information delivered using mobile cell phone devices. A search for relevant databases revealed that 17 articles met our inclusion criteria. Findings suggest that mobile cell phone interventions are an effective mode for delivering safe sex and sexual health information to youth; those at the highest risk may not be able to access cell phones based on availability and cost of the text messages or data plans. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 27% |
| Canada | 1 | 9% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 9% |
| Unknown | 6 | 55% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 8 | 73% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 27% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 54 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 7 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 7% |
| Other | 4 | 7% |
| Researcher | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 12 | 22% |
| Unknown | 14 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Nursing and Health Professions | 9 | 17% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 8 | 15% |
| Social Sciences | 7 | 13% |
| Psychology | 6 | 11% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 6 | 11% |
| Unknown | 15 | 28% |
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