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Direct linkKelly Y. L. Ku; Jiarui Li; Yueming Luo; Yunya Song – Health Education Research, 2025
The rapid spread of health misinformation on social media poses significant challenges to public health crisis. Mpox misinformation has portrayed it as exclusively a sexually transmitted infection, resulting in misperceptions about infection risk and stigmatization of affected groups. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of different…
Descriptors: Social Media, Misinformation, Error Correction, Stereotypes
Mozingo, Shelby L.; Museck, Isabelle J.; Mitchell, Sara E.; Sherman, Emma C.; Claypool, Natalie A.; Gizzi, Katherine A.; King, Bruce M. – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: To determine whether university students are aware of the sexual health services offered by the student health center. Participants: 522 undergraduate students at a southeast public university. Methods: Students were given a list of 19 sexual health services and tests and were instructed that for each one to check "offered,"…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Sexuality, School Health Services
Zhang, Wen; Wong, Janet Y. H.; Wang, Tingxuan; Fong, Daniel Y. T. – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: This study aims to critically review the characteristics and effectiveness of university-based intervention to promote safer sex practice. Participants and Methods: The published studies were selected from 5 databases with the publication year restricted between 1974 and 2018. The data were then pooled using a random-effect…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Health Behavior, Intervention, Student Behavior
Richman, Alice R.; Torres, Essie; Wu, Qiang; Eldridge, David; Lawson, Luan – Health Education Research, 2022
We assessed human papillomavirus (HPV) prevention practices and HPV literacy of pediatricians, family physicians and medical students in North Carolina. An online survey was distributed to physicians in 2018, and paper surveys were collected among medical students in 2019. Surveys measured HPV literacy, HPV prevention practices and HPV prevention…
Descriptors: Immunization Programs, Physicians, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Health Promotion
Zhang, Xueying; Tang, Lu – Health Education Research, 2021
Racial and ethnic minorities in the United States face higher risks of human papillomavirus (HPV) and are less likely to benefit from HPV vaccines. Effective HPV vaccine promotion efforts need to acknowledge and adapt to the cultural characteristics of these minority groups. This systematic review examines and evaluates the cultural adaptations in…
Descriptors: Immunization Programs, Minority Groups, Intervention, Cultural Relevance
Sacca, Lea; Doumat, George; Rihan, Alaa; Maroun, Jonathan; Ejezie, Chinenye – American Journal of Health Education, 2023
Background: Despite the availability of health resources such as immunizations on campus, HPV vaccination rates in college students remain low with existing gender disparities in HPV vaccine uptake. Purpose: The purpose of this systematic review was to identify common limitations to HPV vaccination interventions among college students, utilized…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Immunization Programs, College Students, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Schmidt, Elizabeth K.; Beining, April; Hand, Brittany N.; Havercamp, Susan; Darragh, Amy – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2022
Background: Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities demonstrate disparities in sexual and reproductive health (SRH) compared to individuals without disabilities (e.g., lack of sexual education and knowledge, increased rates of abuse, unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections). Therefore, the purpose of this…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Sexuality, Contraception, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Chinelli, Alice; Salfa, Maria Cristina; Cellini, Andrea; Ceccarelli, Luca; Farinella, Massimo; Rancilio, Laura; Galipò, Rosario; Meli, Paolo; Camposeragna, Antonella; Colaprico, Ludovica; Oldrini, Massimo; Ubbiali, Marco; Caraglia, Anna; Martinelli, Domenico; Mortari, Luigina; Palamara, Anna Teresa; Suligoi, Barbara; Tavoschi, Lara – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2023
Comprehensive sexuality education is an important means of promoting sexual well-being amongst young people and is key to preventing sexually transmitted infections (STIs). However, sexuality education is not currently included in the formal curriculum in Italian schools. The aim of this study was to develop an inventory of school-based sexuality…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sex Education, Curriculum, Prevention
Harper, Kristina; Short, Mary B.; Bistricky, Steven; Kusters, Isabelle S. – American Journal of Health Education, 2023
Background: Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection. Current guidelines recommend HPV vaccination during adolescence, but vaccination rates remain suboptimal. Efforts are needed to increase vaccination among the catch-up group (individuals aged 18-26 years). Interventions have primarily focused on education,…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Immunization Programs, Young Adults, Health Promotion
L. Brooke Friley – Communication Teacher, 2024
This original teaching idea for a semester-long course encompasses a team-based project in which students worked together to create persuasive campaign materials for a local community health organization. The purpose of this project was for students to apply learned concepts related to theories and principles of persuasion to a real-world…
Descriptors: Relevance (Education), Information Dissemination, Health Promotion, Communication Skills
Firkey, Madison K.; Sheinfil, Alan Z.; Woolf-King, Sarah E. – Health Education Journal, 2022
Objective: College students are among the age-group most affected by sexually transmitted infections, yet few evidence-based interventions have proved effective in increasing college student condom use. The goal of this study was to determine which combination of referent proximity and width of discrepancy between perceived and actual norms within…
Descriptors: Contraception, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Sexuality, Intimacy
Cunningham-Erves, Jennifer; Campbell, Lanese; Barlow, Calvin; Barajas, Claudia; Mayo-Gamble, Tilicia; Perry, Michel; Johnson, George – American Journal of Health Education, 2021
Background: The "Healthy Men, Health Communities" program aims to improve preventive behaviors among African American men to reduce HPV-related cancer disparities. Purpose: We describe the development of an educational intervention using cultural-targeting strategies (i.e., linguistics, peripherals, evidence, socio-culture, and…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Cancer, Learner Engagement, African Americans
Eastman-Mueller, Heather P.; Habel, Melissa A.; Oswalt, Sara B.; Liddon, Nicole – Health Education & Behavior, 2019
Adolescents and young adults are disproportionately affected by sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). This study examined the association of "GYT: Get Yourself Tested" (GYT), a sexual health social marketing campaign, with several sexual health behaviors on a nationally representative sample of high school (HS) and college students (n =…
Descriptors: High School Students, College Students, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Marketing
Gesselman, Amanda N.; Ryan, Rebecca; Yarber, William L.; Vanterpool, Karen B.; Beavers, Karly A.; Francis, Heather; Grant, Brandon T.; Wood, Katherine; Graham, Cynthia A.; Milhausen, Robin; Sanders, Stephanie A.; Crosby, Richard A. – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objective: Dual use of male condoms and female contraceptives is widely advocated for unplanned pregnancy prevention, yet college students often neglect condoms. This feasibility and acceptability study assessed the efficacy of a self-guided home-based condom-promotion intervention among college students in heterosexual relationships.…
Descriptors: Contraception, Sexuality, Prevention, Pregnancy
Chia-Chen Lisa Chang – ProQuest LLC, 2021
According to the definition developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2011, sexual health is an innate part of a person's overall health and includes multiple dimensions of a person: physical, emotional, mental, social, and spiritual. As sexual health is an intrinsic part of a person's health, understanding and improving it is…
Descriptors: Sexuality, College Students, Foreign Students, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
