ArticleHealth education research2014
The use of message framing to promote sexual risk reduction in young adolescents: a pilot exploratory study.
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- A Serious Video Game Targeting HIV Testing and Counseling: A Randomized Controlled Trial.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2024Trial
- Video Game Intervention for Sexual Risk Reduction in Minority Adolescents: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2017Trial
- The design and implementation of a randomized controlled trial of a risk reduction and human immunodeficiency virus prevention videogame intervention in minority adolescents: PlayForward: Elm City Stories.Clinical trials (London, England) · 2016Trial
- "To reach the new generation… TikTok:" Applying behavioral economics to adolescent and young adult HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis education.Patient education and counseling · 2025Article
- Exploring the Use of "Nudges" to Improve HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing Among Men Who Have Sex with Men.Archives of sexual behavior · 2022Article
- Interpersonal factors contributing to tension in the Chinese doctor-patient-family relationship: a qualitative study in Hunan Province.BMJ open · 2020Article
- Development and Feasibility Testing of a Video Game to Reduce High-Risk Heterosexual Behavior in Spanish-Speaking Latinx Adolescents: Mixed Methods Study.JMIR serious games · 2020Article
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- The Impact of Gain- and Loss-Framed Messages on Young Adults' Sexual Decision Making: An Experimental Study.Archives of sexual behavior · 2017Article
- If We Build It, Will They Come? A Qualitative Study of Key Stakeholder Opinions on the Implementation of a Videogame Intervention for Risk Reduction in Adolescents.Games for health journal · 2016Article
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Abstract
Few studies have explored the application of message framing to promote health behaviors in adolescents. In this exploratory study, we examined young adolescents' selection of gain- versus loss-framed images and messages when designing an HIV-prevention intervention to promote delayed sexual initiation. Twenty-six adolescents (aged 10-14 years) participated in six focus groups and created and discussed posters to persuade their peers to delay the initiation of sexual activity. Focus groups were audio-recorded and transcribed. A five-person multidisciplinary team analyzed the posters and focus group transcripts using thematic analysis. The majority of the posters (18/26, 69%) contained both gain- and loss-framed content. Of the 93/170 (56%) images and messages with framing, similar proportions were gain- (48/93, 52%) and loss-framed (45/93, 48%). Most gain-framed content (23/48, 48%) focused on academic achievement, whereas loss-framed content focused on pregnancy (20/45, 44%) and HIV/AIDS (14/45, 31%). These preliminary data suggest that young adolescents may prefer a combination of gain- and loss-framing in health materials to promote reduction in sexual risk behaviors.
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