Adolescents and Young Adults Evaluating a Website for Affective-Sexual Information and Education: Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study
BackgroundToday’s young people have long been demanding a paradigm shift in the emotional and sexual education they receive. While for them, affective-sexual and gender diversity is already a reality, the sexual and reproductive health professionals they encounter lack suffic...
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| author | Laura Montero-Pons Dolors Rodríguez-Martín Cristina Esquinas Rosa García-Sierra Josep Maria Manresa-Domínguez Azahara Reyes-Lacalle Rosa Cabedo-Ferreiro MªMercedes Vicente-Hernández Míriam Gómez Masvidal Pere Toran-Monserrat Gemma Falguera-Puig |
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BackgroundToday’s young people have long been demanding a paradigm shift in the emotional and sexual education they receive. While for them, affective-sexual and gender diversity is already a reality, the sexual and reproductive health professionals they encounter lack sufficient training. The digital devices and affective-sexual education websites aimed at today’s young people must also be thoroughly evaluated. The website Sexe Joves is a website on sexuality by the Department of Health of the Government of Catalonia (Spain). It is designed for people aged 14 to 25 years. It currently needs to undergo a process of evaluation. Affective-sexual education aimed at young people must stem from their participation and the whole range of sexual and gender diversity in order to reach the entire population equally.
ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to evaluate the website Sexe Joves as a source of affective-sexual health information, education, and communication for young people. It takes into account sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and location within Catalonia (urban, semiurban, and rural areas).
MethodsThis was an observational, descriptive, and cross-sectional study that forms part of a larger mixed methods study. An ad hoc questionnaire was used to collect data. In total, 1830 participants were included. The study was carried out simultaneously in all the territorial administrations of Catalonia.
ResultsAlmost 30% of the sample obtained were young people who experience affective-sexual and gender diversity. Of those surveyed, only 14.2% (n=260) said they were familiar with the website and of these, 6.5% said they used it (n=114). The website content rated most indispensable was on sexual abuse, harassment, and violence, followed by sexually transmitted infections; 70.5% (n=1200) reported that they visit pornographic websites.
ConclusionsThe results of this study will contribute to the design of new strategies for the website Sexe Joves, a public health resource, in order to improve affective sexual education for young people.
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| spelling | doaj.art-7cefbeb229bb498e8abbb4bacb11e61d2023-10-26T15:00:36ZengJMIR PublicationsJournal of Medical Internet Research1438-88712023-10-0125e4996210.2196/49962Adolescents and Young Adults Evaluating a Website for Affective-Sexual Information and Education: Multicenter Cross-Sectional StudyLaura Montero-Ponshttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9435-906XDolors Rodríguez-Martínhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5523-9954Cristina Esquinashttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5568-257XRosa García-Sierrahttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9220-610XJosep Maria Manresa-Domínguezhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8306-5798Azahara Reyes-Lacallehttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5820-1038Rosa Cabedo-Ferreirohttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5138-3927MªMercedes Vicente-Hernándezhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7402-6033Míriam Gómez Masvidalhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8309-6041Pere Toran-Monserrathttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9865-7427Gemma Falguera-Puighttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6066-3960 BackgroundToday’s young people have long been demanding a paradigm shift in the emotional and sexual education they receive. While for them, affective-sexual and gender diversity is already a reality, the sexual and reproductive health professionals they encounter lack sufficient training. The digital devices and affective-sexual education websites aimed at today’s young people must also be thoroughly evaluated. The website Sexe Joves is a website on sexuality by the Department of Health of the Government of Catalonia (Spain). It is designed for people aged 14 to 25 years. It currently needs to undergo a process of evaluation. Affective-sexual education aimed at young people must stem from their participation and the whole range of sexual and gender diversity in order to reach the entire population equally. ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to evaluate the website Sexe Joves as a source of affective-sexual health information, education, and communication for young people. It takes into account sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and location within Catalonia (urban, semiurban, and rural areas). MethodsThis was an observational, descriptive, and cross-sectional study that forms part of a larger mixed methods study. An ad hoc questionnaire was used to collect data. In total, 1830 participants were included. The study was carried out simultaneously in all the territorial administrations of Catalonia. ResultsAlmost 30% of the sample obtained were young people who experience affective-sexual and gender diversity. Of those surveyed, only 14.2% (n=260) said they were familiar with the website and of these, 6.5% said they used it (n=114). The website content rated most indispensable was on sexual abuse, harassment, and violence, followed by sexually transmitted infections; 70.5% (n=1200) reported that they visit pornographic websites. ConclusionsThe results of this study will contribute to the design of new strategies for the website Sexe Joves, a public health resource, in order to improve affective sexual education for young people. International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID)RR2-10.3390/ijerph192416586https://www.jmir.org/2023/1/e49962 |
| spellingShingle | Laura Montero-Pons Dolors Rodríguez-Martín Cristina Esquinas Rosa García-Sierra Josep Maria Manresa-Domínguez Azahara Reyes-Lacalle Rosa Cabedo-Ferreiro MªMercedes Vicente-Hernández Míriam Gómez Masvidal Pere Toran-Monserrat Gemma Falguera-Puig Adolescents and Young Adults Evaluating a Website for Affective-Sexual Information and Education: Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study Journal of Medical Internet Research |
| title | Adolescents and Young Adults Evaluating a Website for Affective-Sexual Information and Education: Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_full | Adolescents and Young Adults Evaluating a Website for Affective-Sexual Information and Education: Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_fullStr | Adolescents and Young Adults Evaluating a Website for Affective-Sexual Information and Education: Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Adolescents and Young Adults Evaluating a Website for Affective-Sexual Information and Education: Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_short | Adolescents and Young Adults Evaluating a Website for Affective-Sexual Information and Education: Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_sort | adolescents and young adults evaluating a website for affective sexual information and education multicenter cross sectional study |
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