Sexual health education
The untapped and unmeasured potential of US-based websites
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19515693 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephanie L Diez (0000-0001-7394-7690, Edinboro University, corresponding author), Nicole M Fava (0000-0001-9803-2286, School of Social Work, Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, Miami, FL), Sofia B Fernandez (0000-0001-6243-9463, School of Social Work, Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, Miami, FL), Whitney E Mendel (0000-0003-0176-9746, Daemen College) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 335-347 |
| Publication date | 2022-05-04 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sex Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1468-1811 • E-ISSN: 1472-0825 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14681811.2021.1935227 |
| OpenAlex | W3170344108 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 24 |
With the exponential growth of online information seeking by young people, it is imperative for health and sexual health educators to consider online information a resource young people will pursue. Access to accurate and comprehensive sexual health information is important, yet there is a scarcity of research evaluating the quality of this information. Using youth-direct search terms, this study examined the quality of online information accessed with respect to usability and reliability. The top three US-based websites with the highest return rates were the US Centers for Disease Control, Planned Parenthood, and WebMD. Each of these websites was assessed using the Health Information Website Quality Assessment (HIWQA) to examine the quality of sexual health information provided. Results indicated that the reliability of sexual health information was highest on the CDC website while usability was highest on the Planned Parenthood and WebMD websites. These findings signal the variability of website quality and stress the need for websites that have both high usability and reliability when providing sexual health information
Environmental health · Information quality · Information system · Internet privacy · Political science · Population · Reproductive health · Scarcity · The Internet · Usability · World Wide Web · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Computer Science · Medicine · Privacy, Security, and Data Protection · Psychology · Social Media and Politics
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| Citations per year | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |