Young People's Views and Experiences of a Mobile Phone Texting Intervention to Promote Safer Sex Behavior.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The risk of poor sexual health, including unplanned pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), is greatest amongst young people. Innovative and acceptable interventions to improve sexual health are required. Mobile phone text messaging (short message service, SMS) interventions have the potential to reach large numbers of people at relatively low cost, but greater understanding is needed on how these interventions should be developed and how they work.

Objectives

The aim of this paper is to explore young people's views of and experiences with a mobile phone text messaging intervention to promote safer sex behavior.

Methods

We undertook qualitative interviews with young people aged 16 to 24 years as part of a pilot trial of a sexual health interve

SUBMITTER: French RS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4851722 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature