Journal article
A systematic examination of the use of Online social networking sites for sexual health promotion
J Gold, AE Pedrana, R Sacks-Davis, ME Hellard, S Chang, S Howard, L Keogh, JS Hocking, MA Stoove
BMC Public Health | Published : 2011
Abstract
Background: In recent years social networking sites (SNSs) have grown rapidly in popularity. The popularity of these sites, along with their interactive functions, offer a novel environment in which to deliver health promotion messages. The aim of this paper is to examine the extent to which SNSs are currently being used for sexual health promotion and describe the breadth of these activities. Methods. We conducted a systematic search of published scientific literature, electronic sources (general and scientific search engines, blogs) and SNSs (Facebook, MySpace) to identify existing sexual health promotion activities using SNSs. Health promotion activities were eligible for inclusion if the..
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Funding Acknowledgements
We acknowledge the assistance of Katie Hall from the Burnet Institute with data searching, screening and entry. Judy Gold receives funding from the Australian Government through an Australian Postgraduate Award and a Monash University Faculty of Medicine Excellence Award and Postgraduate Publication Award. Alisa Pedrana receives funding from the Australia Government through a National Health and Medical Research Council (NH&MRC) Public Health Postgraduate Scholarship and the Sidney Myer Health Scholarship. Rachel Sacks-Davis receives funding from the Australian Government through a NH&MRC Public Health Postgraduate Scholarship. Margaret Hellard receives funding from the NH&MRC as a senior research fellow. This study received no external funding.