An Electronic Sexual Health Module for Hospitalized Adolescent Girls
| Autor: | Abigail C. Davies, Najma Abdullahi, Brian Alverson, Alison Riese, Christopher D. Houck, Janette Baird |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent Adolescent Hospitalized Population MEDLINE Sex Education Pediatrics Feedback law.invention 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Randomized controlled trial New England law Surveys and Questionnaires 030225 pediatrics Completion rate Humans Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine education Reproductive health education.field_of_study business.industry Significant difference General Medicine Patient Acceptance of Health Care Risk perception Family medicine Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female Reproductive Health Services Sexual Health business Adolescent health |
| Zdroj: | Hospital Pediatrics. 9:880-887 |
| ISSN: | 2154-1671 2154-1663 |
| DOI: | 10.1542/hpeds.2018-0276 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the acceptability and feasibility of an electronic sexual health module for inpatient adolescent girls and assess the preliminary effect on uptake of sexual health services. METHODS: We recruited girls 14 to 18 years old admitted to the hospitalist service of 1 academic children’s hospital from January 2016 to October 2016. Participants completed an electronic sexual health module that included a sexual health assessment, tailored feedback (randomized for half of the participants only), and a questionnaire to request sexual health services. Participation and completion rates, along with effects of tailored feedback, risk perception, age group, and sexual activity on uptake of services, were examined. RESULTS: Seventy-seven percent of eligible participants who were approached enrolled in the study (n = 66 of 86). The completion rate was 100%. Fifty-three percent (n = 35) requested some form of sexual health service; of these, 83% (n = 29) requested to watch a contraception video. There was no statistically significant difference in the frequency of requests for those who received tailored feedback and for those who did not (57% vs 48%; P = .48). Younger teens and those without sexual experience made requests similar to older and sexually experienced girls except regarding sexually transmitted infection testing, which was significantly higher in the latter populations. CONCLUSIONS: This pilot study demonstrated reasonable feasibility and acceptability of a standardized sexual health module for adolescent girls admitted to the general pediatric wards. Videos focused on adolescent health were of particular interest to this population. Further study should examine the impact of such a module on long-term sexual health behaviors. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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