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dc.contributor.authorGabarron, Elia
dc.contributor.authorWynn, Rolf
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-21T07:40:44Z
dc.date.available2016-09-21T07:40:44Z
dc.date.issued2016-09-19
dc.description.abstract<b>Background: </b> <br> In order to prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs), the World Health Organization recommends educating people on sexual health. With more than 2 billion active users worldwide, online social media potentially represent powerful channels for health promotion, including sexual health. <br> <b>Objective: </b> <br> To review the scientific literature on the use of online social media for sexual health promotion. <br> <b>Design: </b> <br> A search was conducted of scientific and medical databases, and grey literature was also included. The selected publications were classified according to their study designs, sexual health promotion main subject, target audience age, and social media use. <br> <b>Results:</b> <br> Fifty-one publications were included; 4 publications presenting randomized intervention studies, 39 non-randomized intervention studies, and 8 observational studies. In 29 publications (56.9%), the main subject of the sexual health promotion was ‘general’ or to increase STI testing. Thirty publications (58.8%) specifically focused on youth or young people (aged 11–29 years). Fourteen publications that used social media either as unique channels for sexual health promotion interventions or as a tool supporting the sexual health promotion reported an effect on behavior (27%), and two of those studies found a reduction in the number of positive chlamydia and gonorrhea cases linked to social media intervention. Forty-four publications (86.3%) involved Facebook in some way. <br> <b>Conclusions: </b> <br> Although billions of people worldwide actively use social media, we identified only 51 publications on the use of social media for promoting sexual health. About a quarter of the publications have identified promising results, and the evidence for positive effects of social media interventions for promoting sexual health is increasing. There is a need for more studies that explicitly discuss their theoretical framework, and that have strong research designs, in order to further increase the evidence base of the field.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work is supported by the Northern Norway Regional Health Authority (Helse Nord RHF), grant number HST1184-14.en_US
dc.descriptionPublisher's version, source: <a href=http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/gha.v9.32193>http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/gha.v9.32193</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGlobal Health Action 2016, 9: 32193en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1372558
dc.identifier.doidx.doi.org/10.3402/gha.v9.32193
dc.identifier.issn1654-9880
dc.identifier.issn1654-9716
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/9738
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherCo-Action Publishingen_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccess
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Klinisk medisinske fag: 750::Dermatologi og venerologi: 753en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Samfunnsmedisin, sosialmedisin: 801en_US
dc.subjectsocial mediaen_US
dc.subjectsocial networking sitesen_US
dc.subjectsexual healthen_US
dc.subjecthealth promotionen_US
dc.subjectsexually transmitted infectionsen_US
dc.titleUse of social media for sexual health promotion: a scoping reviewen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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