Online Sexual Health Information Seeking of Adolescents: A Content Analysis

IF 1.2 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

American Journal of Sexuality Education Pub Date : 2022-08-18 DOI:10.1080/15546128.2022.2111012

Gaia L. Zori, Sarah L. Collins, Ashby F. Walker

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Abstract

Abstract Internet-based platforms present vital new venues for sex education. However, research is limited on the ways adolescents utilize these resources, particularly within user-generated content contexts. This study assesses the sexual health content adolescents seek online through a qualitative, directed content analysis of 365 user-generated posts in an open sexual health community forum. An adapted version of the National Sex Education Standards, a comprehensive, evidence-based sexual health framework, was used as the schema for this data analysis. Collectively, our results highlight and confirm the importance of providing comprehensive, medically accurate sexual health information to adolescents. Our analysis further supports the need to provide information on pleasure in sexual health and well-being, as well as guidance on social and emotional aspects of sexual health, and for education to be supportive and inclusive of all individuals. Ultimately, our results can help guide effective public health interventions, including sex education efforts, aimed at promotion of adolescent sexual health by offering direct insight into adolescents’ perceived information needs.

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青少年网络性健康信息寻求的内容分析

基于互联网的平台为性教育提供了重要的新场所。然而，关于青少年利用这些资源的方式的研究是有限的，特别是在用户生成内容的背景下。本研究通过对一个开放的性健康社区论坛上365个用户生成的帖子进行定性、定向的内容分析，评估了青少年在网上寻求的性健康内容。这一数据分析的模式采用了《国家性教育标准》的改编版本，这是一个全面的、以证据为基础的性健康框架。总的来说，我们的研究结果强调并证实了向青少年提供全面、医学上准确的性健康信息的重要性。我们的分析进一步支持需要提供关于性健康和幸福的快乐的信息，以及性健康的社会和情感方面的指导，以及支持和包容所有个人的教育。最终，我们的结果可以帮助指导有效的公共卫生干预，包括性教育工作，旨在通过直接洞察青少年感知到的信息需求来促进青少年性健康。

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American Journal of Sexuality Education EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

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2.40

自引率

8.30%

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期刊介绍： The American Journal of Sexuality Education speaks directly to the distinct, professional needs of sexuality educators and trainers. This peer-reviewed journal provides sexuality educators and trainers with current research about sexuality education programming, best practices, sample lesson plans, reports on curriculum development and assessment, literature reviews, scholarly commentary, educational program reports, media reviews (books, videos, internet resources, and curricula), and letters to the editor. The American Journal of Sexuality Education addresses a variety of sexuality topics and audiences, presenting up-to-date theory and practice, lessons, and evaluations.