Use of social media for sexual health promotion: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

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.

Objective

To review the scientific literature on the use of online social media for sexual health promotion.

Design

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.

Results

Fifty-one publications were included; 4 publications presenting randomized intervention

SUBMITTER: Gabarron E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5030258 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature