Tracy M. Scull|Janis B. Kupersmidt|Christina V. Malik|Elyse M. Keefe
Examining the efficacy of an mHealth media literacy education program for sexual health promotion in older adolescents attending community college
Innovation Research and Training|Innovation Research and Training|Innovation Research and Training|Innovation Research and Training
objective determine feasibility mobile health mhealth media literacy education program media aware improving sexual health outcomes older adolescent community college students participants 184 community college students ages 1819 participated study aprildecember 2015 methods eight community college campuses randomly assigned either intervention waitlist control group student participants campus completed webbased pretest posttest questionnaires intervention group students received media aware questionnaires results several intervention effects media aware program significant including reducing older adolescents selfreported risky sexual behaviors positively affecting knowledge attitudes normative beliefs intentions related sexual health increasing media skepticism gender differences findings revealed conclusions results study suggest media aware promising means delivering comprehensive sexual health education older adolescents attending community college