ArticleJournal of sex research2020
Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Efficacy of a Brief Online Sexual Health Program for Adolescents.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- 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
- Sex Education in the Spotlight: What Is Working? Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
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- Evaluation of a Brief Online Sexual Health Program for Adolescents: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Health promotion practice · 2024Trial
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- Effectiveness and Acceptability of a Sexual Health Education Program for Muslim Countries: An Intervention Study.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Article
- Implementation Strategies for Digital HIV Prevention and Care Interventions for Youth: A Scoping Review.Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2025Article
- An Implementation Pilot of Web-Based Self-Training Programs on Sexual Dysfunctions in the Dutch Public Sexual Health Setting: Mixed Methods Study.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
- A Scoping Review of Digital Health Interventions to Promote Healthy Romantic Relationships in Adolescents.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2023Article
- A Digital Intervention to Improve Mental Health and Interpersonal Resilience in Young People Who Have Experienced Technology-Assisted Sexual Abuse: Protocol for a Nonrandomized Feasibility Clinical Trial and Nested Qualitative Study.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
- The feasibility and acceptability of Project POWER: a mindfulness-infused, cognitive-behavioral group intervention to address mental and sexual health needs of young pregnant women in Liberia.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
- "I wish I actually had known what the heck sex was:" What adolescent sexual minority males knew and wish they knew prior to sexual debut with a male partner.Sexuality research & social policy : journal of NSRC : SR & SP · 2023Article
- Teaching About Contraception: Adolescent Attitudes Surrounding Sexual Education.Open access journal of contraception · 2023Review
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Abstract
This study evaluated the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a 45-minute interactive, online sexual health program for adolescents, called Health Education and Relationship Training (HEART). The program was originally developed and evaluated among adolescent girls (HEART for Girls); the current project describes and evaluates a new version of the program that was adapted for boys and girls. Participants were 226 high school students (mean age = 16.3; 58% girls; 46% White; 79% heterosexual). Students were randomized to HEART or an attention-matched control and assessed at pre-test and immediate post-test. Overall, the program was feasible to administer in a school setting and youth found the program highly acceptable (83% liked the program, 87% learned new things, and 93% would use program content in the future). At post-test, students who completed HEART demonstrated improvements on every outcome we examined: sexual communication intentions, condom use intentions, HIV/STD knowledge, condom attitudes, condom norms, self-efficacy to practice safer sex, and sexual assertiveness compared to control participants (effect size ds = .23 to 1.27). Interactions by gender and sexual orientation revealed the program was equally acceptable and worked equally well for boys and girls and for heterosexual and sexual minority youth. We propose several avenues to further adapt and tailor HEART given its promise in promoting adolescent sexual health.
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