NEW YORK: Smartphones are found to be simpler in providing information to teenage girls about sexual health than traditional methods, a study has found.
“We found that a smartphone application may be a feasible sexual health educational tool that's appealing to teenage girls. In fact, our participants recommended the appliance as a valuable resource to find out about comprehensive sexual health,” said Lynae M Brayboy, researcher at the Brown University within the US.
For their research, published within the Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, Brayboy and her team recruited 39 girls aged 12 to 17 to participate during a two-phase prospective study.
In phase one, 22 girls assessed a sexual health questionnaire focused groups. In phase two, 17 girls used the Girl Talk application for 2 weeks and answered the revised sexual health questionnaire and interview questions before and after the appliance use.
The participants’ responses to the sexual health questionnaire, interviews and time viewing the appliance were wont to determine feasibility and desirability of Girl Talk.
The researchers explained that Girl Talk was used on the average during participants’ free time on weekends. The reported usefulness of Girl Talk as a sexual health application increased significantly from baseline (35.3%) to follow-up (94.1%).
“More than three-quarters of the participants were exposed to sexual health education before using Girl Talk, but 94.1% of participants stated that the appliance provided new and more detailed information than health classes,” Brayboy added.
Source: https://timestech.in/smartphones-better-for-imparting-sexual-health-knowledge-to-teenage-girls-report/
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