Open AccessDetermining the Impact of Text Messaging for Sexual Health Promotion to Young People
Author(s) -
Judy Gold,
Megan S C Lim,
Jane S Hocking,
Louise Keogh,
Tim Spelman,
Margaret Hellard
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/olq.0b013e3181f68d7b
Subject(s) - medicine , mcnemar's test , short message service , reproductive health , mobile phone , promotion (chess) , phone , health promotion , young adult , sexually active , the internet , family medicine , demography , gerontology , public health , population , nursing , environmental health , world wide web , philosophy , mathematics , law , linguistics , sociology , computer science , telecommunications , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , political science , statistics , politics , operating system
The use of new technologies, such as mobile phones and internet, has increased dramatically in recent years. Text messages offer a novel method of sexual health promotion to young people who are the greatest users of new technology and are also at high risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs).