ArticlePerspectives on sexual and reproductive health2012
Tweeting about testing: do low-income, parenting adolescents and young adults use new media technologies to communicate about sexual health?
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- Evaluating the Quality of Health-Related WeChat Public Accounts: Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2020Article
- Mobile sex-tech apps: How use differs across global areas of high and low gender equality.PloS one · 2020Article
- Consumption of Health-Related Content on Social Media Among Adolescent Girls: Mixed-Methods Pilot Study.JMIR formative research · 2019Article
- Nurses on the Front Lines: Improving Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Across Health Care Settings.The American journal of nursing · 2017Article
- Exploring Social Networking Technologies as Tools for HIV Prevention for Men Who Have Sex With Men.AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education · 2015Article
- Reaching Youth With Sexually Transmitted Disease Testing: Building on Successes, Challenges, and Lessons Learned From Local Get Yourself Tested Campaigns.Social marketing quarterly · 2014Article
- Using chat and text technologies to answer sexual and reproductive health questions: Planned Parenthood pilot study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2013Article
- Social Media Use and Sexual Risk Reduction Behavior Among Minority Youth: Seeking Safe Sex Information.Nursing researchArticle
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contextLittle research exists about adolescents' and young adults' use of new media technologies to communicate about sexual health. Understanding how young people at high risk for STDs use these technologies can inform media-based interventions.
methodsBetween October 2010 and March 2011, a sample of 94 low-income, parenting adolescents and young adults recruited at clinics in Connecticut completed an audio computer-assisted self-interview about their use of media technologies, communication with friends about sexual health and willingness to use media technologies for such communication. Descriptive statistics were calculated; characteristics of those willing and those unwilling to communicate were compared in chi-square, t and Mann-Whitney tests.
resultsNinety-three percent of participants had mobile phones; 71% used Facebook regularly. Participants discussed sexual health more often with close friends than with casual friends, and preferred to have such conversations in person (71% with close friends and 68% with casual friends), over the phone (52% and 45%) or via text message (30% and 28%), rather than through social networking sites (0-9% and 2-7%). Fewer than one-third reported being willing to share sexual health information with friends through a specific new media technology. Those who were willing were predominantly black (59%); of those who were unwilling, 51% were Latino. Condom self-efficacy, STD knowledge and number of Facebook friends were greater among those who were willing than among those who were unwilling.
conclusionsFor conversations about sexual health, young urban parents prefer private forms of communication; thus, social networking sites may not aid STD interventions.
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