ArticleJournal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology2017
Girl Talk: A Smartphone Application to Teach Sexual Health Education to Adolescent Girls.
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- Developing Culturally Tailored mHealth Tools to Address Sexual and Reproductive Health Outcomes Among Black and Latina Women: A Systematic Review.Health promotion practice · 2022Pooled it
- Do digital innovations for HIV and sexually transmitted infections work? Results from a systematic review (1996-2017).BMJ open · 2017Pooled it
- The effect of a Web-Based BF education program for adolescent pregnant women in the third trimester on BF practices.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2025Trial
- Enhancing reproductive health among adolescent girls in India: results of an individualized RCT to study the efficacy of the go Nisha go mobile game.Reproductive health · 2025Trial
- Trauma-Informed Personalized Scripts to Address Partner Violence and Reproductive Coercion: Preliminary Findings from an Implementation Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2019Trial
- Adolescent Voices in Action-Co-Designing Digital Sexual and Reproductive Health Knowledge Translation Interventions: Community-Based Participatory Action Project.JMIR human factors · 2025Article
- Efficacy of Digital Health Interventions Used for Adolescent's Sexual Health: An Umbrella Review.Health science reports · 2024Review
- How the smartphone apps can improve your sexual wellbeing.International journal of impotence research · 2024Review
- Young nursing and medical students' knowledge and attitudes towards sexuality and contraception in two spanish universities: an inferential study.BMC medical education · 2023Article
- Teaching About Contraception: Adolescent Attitudes Surrounding Sexual Education.Open access journal of contraception · 2023Review
- Digital Health Interventions to Enhance Prevention in Primary Care: Scoping Review.JMIR medical informatics · 2022Article
- Environmental scan of mobile apps for promoting sexual and reproductive health of adolescents in low- and middle-income countries.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Promoting Optimal Sexual and Reproductive Health with Mobile Health Tools for Black Women: Combining Technology, Culture and Context.Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health · 2020Article
- Young Nursing Student's Knowledge and Attitudes about Contraceptive Methods.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Digital Health Technology to Enhance Adolescent and Young Adult Clinical Preventive Services: Affordances and Challenges.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2020Review
- The association between reproductive health smartphone applications and fertility knowledge of Australian women.BMC women's health · 2020Article
- Clients' perceptions and experiences of targeted digital communication accessible via mobile devices for reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health: a qualitative evidence synthesis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Review
- Emergency Department Directors Are Willing to Expand Reproductive Health Services for Adolescents.Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology · 2019Article
- What Drives Young Vietnamese to Use Mobile Health Innovations? Implications for Health Communication and Behavioral Interventions.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2018Article
- The use of technology in the sexual health education especially among minority adolescent girls in the United States.Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology · 2018Review
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Abstract
STUDY
objectiveProduce Girl Talk, a free smartphone application containing comprehensive sexual health information, and determine the application's desirability and appeal among teenage girls. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, AND
interventionsThirty-nine girls ages 12 to 17 years from Rhode Island participated in a 2-phase prospective study. In phase I, 22 girls assessed a sexual health questionnaire in focus groups. In phase II, 17 girls with iPhones used Girl Talk for 2 weeks and answered the revised sexual health questionnaire and interview questions before and after use.
main outcome measuresParticipants' responses to the sexual health questionnaire, interviews, and time viewing the application were used to determine feasibility and desirability of Girl Talk.
resultsGirl Talk was used on average for 48 minutes during participants' free time on weekends for 10- to 15-minute intervals. Reported usefulness of Girl Talk as a sexual health application from baseline (6 participants) to follow-up (16 participants) increased significantly (35.3% vs 94.1%; P < .001). Knowledge improved most in topics related to anatomy and physiology (70.5% to 74.7% out of 7 questions), sexuality and relationships (76.5% to 80.0% out of 10 questions), and STI prevention (75.6% to 79.0% out of 7 questions). Most phase II participants (13 out of 17, or 76.5%) were exposed to sexual health education before using Girl Talk, but 16 out of 17 participants (94.1%) stated that the application provided new and/or more detailed information than health classes.
conclusionGirl Talk can potentially connect teenage girls to more information about sexual health vs traditional methods, and participants recommended the application as a valuable resource to learn about comprehensive sexual health.
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