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Designing illustrative social media stories to promote adolescent peer support and healthy sexual behaviors.
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- Development and Pilot Evaluation of a Training-of-Trainers Model for School-Based Sexuality Education Within the ESPRIT Project.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Effectiveness of WeChat-Based Plus Scene-Graphics Health Education for Rehabilitation After Open Elbow Arthrolysis: Historical Control Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of Cartoons, Comics, and Animation-Based Sexual Health Promotion and Education Interventions: A Scoping Review.International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2025Article
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- Understanding self-protective behaviors during COVID-19 Pandemic: Integrating the theory of planned behavior and O-S-O-R model.Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Objective: Adolescent females in the United States continue to have unmet sexual and reproductive healthcare needs. Research shows that interventions incorporating peer support can augment perceived self-efficacy and reinforce healthy behaviors. Yet, few user-centered digital sexual health interventions incorporate peer support, and aim to change perceptions of peer norms and model social skills. The objective of this study was to design and demonstrate the receptivity of adolescent females to illustrated digital social media stories that promote healthy sexual behaviors and peer social support. Methods: We conducted a three-phase study approved by our Institutional Review Board. In Phase 1, we presented sexually active adolescent female emergency department patients aged 14-19 with eight sexual health scenarios via a survey study. Participants wrote three text messages addressed to the protagonist of each scenario which motivated and encouraged her to consider the use of contraceptives. Messages were scored based on the construct of peer support (emotional, tangible, informational, and belonging). In Phase 2, we worked with a professional artist and screenwriter to design digital sexual health comics using the gathered messages. In Phase 3, we gathered feedback on the comics from adolescent female emergency department patients. Results: Females ( Conclusion: Collecting peer-authored texts from our local adolescent community led to the creation of well-received sexual health visualizations. This novel method of design incorporated adolescent voices to promote peer support and healthy behaviors.
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