Anna Afferri, Susan Dierickx, Mustapha Bittaye, Musa Marena, Allan Antony Pacey, Julie Balen
Policy action points and approaches to promote fertility care in The Gambia: Findings from a mixed-methods study
PloS one
female sex workers fsws high risk contracting sexually transmitted infection sti mobile health mhealth one intervention easily accessible everyone online offline allowing twoway communication program study aimed determine effectiveness mhealth sti prevention behavior among fsw study conducted using quasiexperimental design included treatment group control group included fiftyfour 54 fsws selected purposive sampling mhealth intervention conducted form short comedy movie youtube combined offline assertive communication training improve skills negotiating use condoms intervention group meanwhile control group received regular counseling local community health center mannwhitney test used compare knowledge attitudes motivation behavior among two study groups intervention six months treatment group increased fsws knowledge score 40 p000 attitude 39 p000 motivation 12 p000 median knowledge attitude motivation scores 1738 46 respectively model effective onstiprevention behavior motivational mediator variables pvalue 000 condom consistency highest outer loading value stiprevention behavior construct 071 04 combination digital conventional health promotion improve sti prevention behavior raising knowledge attitudes motivation condom consistency behavior