Use of Smartphones to Increase Safe Sexual Behavior in Youths at Risk for HIV
In Mexico, young people continue to experience problems due to a lack of correct and consistent condom use during sexual intercourse. Objective: to evaluate the effect of a randomized controlled clinical trial with the use of smartphones to increase safe sex intentions and safe sexual behavior. Met...
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| author | José L. José L. Hernández-Torres Raquel A. Benavides-Torres María G. Moreno-Monsiváis Nancy Rodríguez-Vázquez Roxana Martínez-Cervantes Adriana M. Cárdenas-Cortés |
| author_facet | José L. José L. Hernández-Torres Raquel A. Benavides-Torres María G. Moreno-Monsiváis Nancy Rodríguez-Vázquez Roxana Martínez-Cervantes Adriana M. Cárdenas-Cortés |
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In Mexico, young people continue to experience problems due to a lack of correct and consistent condom use during sexual intercourse. Objective: to evaluate the effect of a randomized controlled clinical trial with the use of smartphones to increase safe sex intentions and safe sexual behavior. Methods: experimental design with two treatment groups with 177 young people who requested the rapid HIV test in a non-governmental organization in the city of Monterrey, Mexico. The experimental group was given Respect M-Health with the use of mobile devices; the control group was given similar counseling without the use of mobile technology and 8 pencil and paper instruments were used. Results: the effect of the experimental group was greater in safe sexual behavior reflected in the means at pre-test M=64.80 (SD=1.86), post-test M=85.33 (SD=1.54), and at 30 days M=87.40 (SD=1.52), and in the safe sex intentions factor at pre-test M=78.50 (SD=3.07), post-test M=94.70 (SD=2.46), and at 30 days M=95.74 (SD=2.29). Conclusions: Smartphone use was an effective tool as a support to increase safe sexual behavior in youth.
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| spelling | doaj.art-3065540d81054d8dabbc7a5615e099762022-12-22T00:29:25ZengUniversidad de San BuenaventuraInternational Journal of Psychological Research2011-20842011-79222022-05-0115110.21500/20112084.5329Use of Smartphones to Increase Safe Sexual Behavior in Youths at Risk for HIVJosé L. José L. Hernández-Torres0Raquel A. Benavides-Torres1María G. Moreno-Monsiváis2Nancy Rodríguez-Vázquez3Roxana Martínez-Cervantes4Adriana M. Cárdenas-Cortés5Facultad de Enfermería Unidad Torreón, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila. Coahuila, México.Facultad de Enfermería, CIDICS, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Nuevo León. México.Facultad de Enfermería, CIDICS, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Nuevo León. México.Escuela de Licenciatura en Enfermería Unidad Torreón, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Coahuila.Escuela de Licenciatura en Enfermería Unidad Torreón, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Coahuila.Escuela de Licenciatura en Enfermería Unidad Torreón, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Coahuila. In Mexico, young people continue to experience problems due to a lack of correct and consistent condom use during sexual intercourse. Objective: to evaluate the effect of a randomized controlled clinical trial with the use of smartphones to increase safe sex intentions and safe sexual behavior. Methods: experimental design with two treatment groups with 177 young people who requested the rapid HIV test in a non-governmental organization in the city of Monterrey, Mexico. The experimental group was given Respect M-Health with the use of mobile devices; the control group was given similar counseling without the use of mobile technology and 8 pencil and paper instruments were used. Results: the effect of the experimental group was greater in safe sexual behavior reflected in the means at pre-test M=64.80 (SD=1.86), post-test M=85.33 (SD=1.54), and at 30 days M=87.40 (SD=1.52), and in the safe sex intentions factor at pre-test M=78.50 (SD=3.07), post-test M=94.70 (SD=2.46), and at 30 days M=95.74 (SD=2.29). Conclusions: Smartphone use was an effective tool as a support to increase safe sexual behavior in youth. http://revistas.usbbog.edu.co/index.php/IJPR/article/view/5329SmartphoneSexual BehaviorAdolescentsHIVIntervention |
| spellingShingle | José L. José L. Hernández-Torres Raquel A. Benavides-Torres María G. Moreno-Monsiváis Nancy Rodríguez-Vázquez Roxana Martínez-Cervantes Adriana M. Cárdenas-Cortés Use of Smartphones to Increase Safe Sexual Behavior in Youths at Risk for HIV International Journal of Psychological Research Smartphone Sexual Behavior Adolescents HIV Intervention |
| title | Use of Smartphones to Increase Safe Sexual Behavior in Youths at Risk for HIV |
| title_full | Use of Smartphones to Increase Safe Sexual Behavior in Youths at Risk for HIV |
| title_fullStr | Use of Smartphones to Increase Safe Sexual Behavior in Youths at Risk for HIV |
| title_full_unstemmed | Use of Smartphones to Increase Safe Sexual Behavior in Youths at Risk for HIV |
| title_short | Use of Smartphones to Increase Safe Sexual Behavior in Youths at Risk for HIV |
| title_sort | use of smartphones to increase safe sexual behavior in youths at risk for hiv |
| topic | Smartphone Sexual Behavior Adolescents HIV Intervention |
| url | http://revistas.usbbog.edu.co/index.php/IJPR/article/view/5329 |
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