Safe Sex Messages Within Dating and Entertainment Smartphone Apps: A Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Smartphone apps provide a new platform for entertainment, information distribution, and health promotion activities, as well as for dating and casual sexual encounters. Previous research has shown high acceptability of sexual health interventions via smartphone apps; however, sexual health promotion apps were infrequently downloaded and underused. Integrating sexual health promotion into established apps might be a more effective method.

Objective

The objective of our study was to critically review popular sex-related apps and dating apps, in order to ascertain whether they contain any sexual health content.

Methods

Part 1: In January 2015, we used the term "sexual" to search for free apps in the Apple iTunes store and Android Google Play store, and categor

SUBMITTER: Huang ET 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5120239 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature