Trial reportJournal of health communication2018
Using Media Literacy Education for Adolescent Sexual Health Promotion in Middle School: Randomized Control Trial of Media Aware.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effectiveness of digital interventions to reduce school-age adolescent sexual risks: A systematic review.Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing · 2025Pooled it
- Exploring the Activities and Target Audiences of School-Based Violence Prevention Programs: Systematic Review and Intervention Component Analysis.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2023Pooled it
- Long-Term Efficacy of a Web-Based Sexual Health Promotion Program Using a Media Literacy Education Approach in a National Sample of Community College Students.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2026Trial
- A Six-Month Outcome Evaluation ofJournal of health communication · 2022Trial
- A Media Literacy Education Approach to High School Sexual Health Education: Immediate Effects of Media Aware on Adolescents' Media, Sexual Health, and Communication Outcomes.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2022Trial
- Promoting Sexual Health in High School: A Feasibility Study of A Web-based Media Literacy Education Program.Journal of health communication · 2021Trial
- Evaluating the Short-term Impact of Media Aware Parent, a Web-based Program for Parents with the Goal of Adolescent Sexual Health Promotion.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2019Trial
- Integrating health literacy, health promotion, and digital health in tuberculosis prevention: An ecosystemic competency framework and CIMO-based systematic review.Veterinary world · 2026Article
- Media literacy interventions: meta-analytic review of 40 years of research.Human communication research · 2025Article
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- Critical media attitudes as a buffer against the harmful effects of pornography on beliefs about sexual and dating violence.Sex education · 2024Article
- A mobile-based educational intervention on media health literacy: A quasi-experimental study.Health promotion perspectives · 2023Article
- Development and psychometric properties of a tool to assess Media Health Literacy (MeHLit).BMC public health · 2022Article
- Media Coverage of Pedophilia and Its Impact on Help-Seeking Persons with Pedophilia in Germany-A Focus Group Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Gendered stereotypes and norms: A systematic review of interventions designed to shift attitudes and behaviour.Heliyon · 2021Review
- Psychometric evaluation of the Chinese version of the media Health Literacy Questionnaire: A validation study.Digital healthArticle
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Abstract
This study examined the short-term efficacy of Media Aware, a classroom-based media literacy education (MLE) program for improving adolescents' sexual health outcomes. In a randomized control trial, schools were randomly assigned to the intervention (N = 5 schools) or health promotion control (N = 4 schools) group. Students completed questionnaires at pretest (N = 880 students) and immediate posttest (N = 926 students). The Media Aware program had a significant favorable impact on adolescent outcomes related to sexual health, including increased self-efficacy and intentions to use contraception, if they were to engage in sexual activity; enhanced positive attitudes, self-efficacy, and intentions to communicate about sexual health; decreased acceptance of dating violence and strict gender roles; and increased sexual health knowledge. Program effects were also found for media-related outcomes, including enhanced media deconstruction skills and increased media skepticism. Media deconstruction skills mediated the program's impact on students' intentions to communicate with a medical professional about sexual health issues. This study provides support for the use of MLE with adolescents to promote sexual health.
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