Impact Chart
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1. Harrington EK, Mccoy EE, Drake AL,
et al. Engaging men in an mHealth
approach to support postpartum
family planning among couples in
Kenya: a qualitative study. Reprod
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2. Brayboy LM, Sepolen A, Mezoian T,
et al. Girl Talk: A Smartphone
Application to Teach Sexual Health
Education to Adolescent Girls. J
Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol.
2017;30(1):23-28.
3. Brayboy LM, Mccoy K, Thamotharan
S, Zhu E, Gil G, Houck C. The use of
technology in the sexual health
education especially among minority
adolescent girls in the United States.
Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol.
2018;30(5):305-309.
4. Fields EL, Long A, Dangerfield DT, et
al. There's an App for That: Using
Geosocial Networking Apps to Access
Young Black Gay, Bisexual, and other
MSM at Risk for HIV. Am J Health
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Journal Impact Factor Purpose
Reproductive Health 2.027 Focus groups were done among Kenyan men and
post-partum women. Through a series of SMS
messages couples can facilitate conversations about
contraceptive use and family planning.
Journal of Pediatric GirlTalk is a smart phone app designed to give its
and Adolescent 1.683 audience a comprehensive sex education. In trials
Gynecology there was an increase in knowledge on the topics
presented, the app was effective.
Current Opinon in 2.821 A literature review on the availability of technology
Obstretics and based sex education. Research still needs to be done
Gynecology on which apps are the most effective for educating
and bridging the gap accessibility
American Journal of 2.636 . The three themes that came from this study
Health Promotion targeted towards YBMSM are 1) authenticate spam
from public health messages so they don’t get
passed by as Junk mail, 2) improved access to
YBMSM opportunities to communicate and engage
with people of their own communities, and 3) these
apps helped to destigmatize or avoid stigmatizing
completely YBMSM with targeted sexual health
messages.
5. Tanner AE, Song EY, Mann-jackson
L, et al. Preliminary Impact of the
weCare Social Media Intervention to
Support Health for Young Men Who
Have Sex with Men and Transgender
Women with HIV. AIDS Patient
Care STDS. 2018;32(11):450-458.
6. Badawy SM, Kuhns LM. Texting and
Mobile Phone App Interventions for
Improving Adherence to Preventive
Behavior in Adolescents: A
Systematic Review. JMIR Mhealth
Uhealth. 2017;5(4):e50.
7. Steinberg A, Griffin-tomas M, Abu-
odeh D, Whitten A. Evaluation of a
Mobile Phone App for Providing
Adolescents With Sexual and
Reproductive Health Information,
New York City, 2013-2016. Public
Health Rep. 2018;133(3):234-239.
8. Ventuneac A, John SA, Whitfield
THF, Mustanski B, Parsons JT.
Preferences for Sexual Health
Smartphone App Features Among
Gay and Bisexual Men. AIDS Behav.
2018;22(10):3384-3394.
AIDS Patient care 3.742 WeCare is a social media intervention designed to
and STDs improve HIV outcomes using facebook, texting and
GPS. the results show how using an app can be
beneficial in getting MSM to adhere to medication
directions and appointment times as well as
function as a support system for this community.
Journal of Medical 4.945 systematic review focused on articles that discuss
Internet Research mobile apps, youth, and adherence to preventive
behavior. There was evidence to support the
feasibility and acceptability of text message and
mobile apps for adolescent use to promote
preventive behavior but more research should be
done.
Public Health Reports 2.039 in 2013The NYC Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene came up with the Teens in NYC app
designed to promote sexual productive health
among adolescents 12-19 years in NYC. In the app
there is a feature that can be used to locate health
providers by their sexual health services,
contraceptive methods and geographic location.
After analyzing the data used in the search the
author suggests that the app helped adolescents find
a wide range of sexual health services as well as
less commonly used contraceptives
AIDS and Behavior 3.312 This study focuses on the usage of already popular
mobile apps to examine GBMSM willingness to
track sexual health and behaviors. . 91% reported
an interest in one or more features such as a list of
LBGT friendly providers, lab results, appointment
scheduling and reminders, online chatting with a
provider, and medication alerts.
9. Devine S, Leeds C, Shlay JC, Leytem
A, Beum R, Bull S. Methods to
assess youth engagement in a text
messaging supplement to an effective
teen pregnancy program. J Biomed
Inform. 2015;56:379-86.
10. Bull S, Devine S, Schmiege SJ,
Pickard L, Campbell J, Shlay JC.
Text Messaging, Teen Outreach
Program, and Sexual Health
Behavior: A Cluster Randomized
Trial. Am J Public Health.
2016;106(S1):S117-S124.
11. Guilamo-ramos V, Lee JJ, Kantor LM,
Levine DS, Baum S, Johnsen J.
Potential for using online and mobile
education with parents and
adolescents to impact sexual and
reproductive health. Prev Sci.
2015;16(1):53-60.
12. Gariepy AM, Hieftje K, Pendergrass T, Games for Health
Miller E, Dziura JD, Fiellin LE.
Development and Feasibility Testing
of a Videogame Intervention to
Reduce High-Risk Sexual Behavior in
Black and Hispanic Adolescents.
Games Health J. 2018;
13. Cornelius JB, St lawrence JS, Howard
JC, et al. Adolescents' perceptions of
Journal of 2.95 An automated SMS program was used in place of a
Biomedical 25-session youth development program designed to
Informatics reduce the number of teen pregnancies. Moving
forward, it would be important for the researchers
to compare the efficacy of the app and high
response SMS.
American Journal of 4.138 This study aimed to test whether Youth All
Public Health Engaged! was more effective when used with Teen
Outreach Program, an adolescent pregnancy
prevention program. Results show there were no
statistically significant differences in outcomes for
the full sample.
Prevention Science 2.594 Focus groups were conducted with Latino and
African American families from 6 different US
cities to find out how parents and adolescents feel
about using mobile technologies as sex education
tools. Discomfort levels of OMT usage with
parents, generational differences, and relationship
quality should be considered when developing
technology based interventions for Latino and
African American families
1.782 The goal of this study was to test the feasibility of a
Journal mobile video game to decrease high-risk sexual
behavior in black and Hispanic adolescents. This
prototype could prove to be even more successful
after further development as participants have
already shown improvement in
condom/contraception self efficacy and high-risk
behavior knowledge.
Journal for Specialty 1.13 This study did one focus group of eleven
Pediatric Nursing participants that participated in the Becoming a
 a mobile cell phone text messaging-
enhanced intervention and
development of a mobile cell phone-
based HIV prevention intervention. J
Spec Pediatr Nurs. 2012;17(1):61-9.
14. Carroll JK, Moorhead A, Bond R, Journal of Medical
Leblanc WG, Petrella RJ, Fiscella K. Internet Research
Who Uses Mobile Phone Health Apps
and Does Use Matter? A Secondary
Data Analytics Approach. J Med
Internet Res. 2017;19(4):e125.
15. Fedele DA, Cushing CC, Fritz A, JAMA Pediatric
Amaro CM, Ortega A. Mobile Health
Interventions for Improving Health
Outcomes in Youth: A Meta-analysis.
JAMA Pediatr. 2017;171(5):461-469.
16. James DC, Harville C, Sears C, Telemedicine and E-
Efunbumi O, Bondoc I. Participation health
of African Americans in e-Health and
m-Health Studies: A Systematic
Review. Telemed J E Health.
2017;23(5):351-364.
17. James DC, Harville C, Whitehead N, Telemedicine and E-
Stellefson M, Dodani S, Sears C. health
Willingness of African American
Responsible Teen Text Messaging Project.
Adolescents said MCP (mobile cell phone)
enhanced approaches were beneficial to them.
4.945 The objective of this study is to describe the socio-
demographics of those who use mobile health apps
in the US, examine the attitudes and behaviors that
predict the use of health apps for health promotion,
and examining the association between health apps
and meeting recommended nutritional guidelines.
12.004 The objective here was to determine effectiveness
of mobile apps to improve health outcomes in
people 18 and under by doing a meta-analysis. The
average age for studies reporting on age was 11.36
years. When caregivers were involved and given a
mobile aid for intervention, it was more effective to
change behavior than those without a care giver
1.996 This systematic review saw that African
American’s respond to recruitment strategies
beyond the traditional approach. Researches should
tailor their strategies to the particular health
condition, population group, or community
intended for recruitment.
1.996 In this survey the younger women were more likely
to have used a health-related app in the previous 30
days and responded to financial incentive. Older
 Women to Participate in e-Health/m-
Health Research. Telemed J E Health.
2016;22(3):191-7.
18. Stevens R, Gilliard-matthews S,
Dunaev J, Todhunter-reid A, Brawner
B, Stewart J. Social Media Use and
Sexual Risk Reduction Behavior
Among Minority Youth: Seeking Safe
Sex Information. Nurs Res.
2017;66(5):368-377.
19. Galloway CT, Duffy JL, Dixon RP,
Fuller TR. Exploring African-American
and Latino Teens' Perceptions of
Contraception and Access to
Reproductive Health Care Services. J
Adolesc Health. 2017;60(3S):S57-
S62.
20. Kao CK, Liebovitz DM. Consumer
Mobile Health Apps: Current State,
Barriers, and Future Directions. PM
R. 2017;9(5S):S106-S115.
21. Kalke KM, Ginossar T, Shah SFA,
West AJ. Sex Ed to Go: A Content
Analysis of Comprehensive Sexual
women were more likely to respond if they had
been referred by a provider. Barriers presented in
this study were cellphone data usage, lack of a
smartphone, and privacy concerns.
Nursing Research 2.020 The purpose was to look at sources of sexual health
information youth access and it’s association to
sexual risk reduction behaviors. Youth were 2.69
times more likely to use contraceptive when
exposed to sexual health messages on social media
Journal of Adolescent 3.612 South Carolina Campaign to Prevent Teen
Health Pregnancy conducted a study to understand African
American and Latino teens in Horry and
Spartanburg counties. The purpose was to examine
preferences for finding health information, their
perceptions of reproductive health service access,
and their personal beliefs on birth control methods
The Journal of injury, 3.077
function and The top two mobile application categories are
rehabilirtation or the wellness and disease management apps. These apps
archives of PMR have the potential to make an impact globally in
access to health education but there are barriers to
consider. Stakeholders concerns about privacy and
accurate evidence based information should be
addressed.
Health Education & 2.396 An analysis of 2693 mobile health apps found on
Behavior 697 addressed sexual health and only 15 met
inclusion criteria for this study. Still these apps
didn’t focus on STI’s or pregnancy prevention
 Education Apps. Health Educ Behav.
2018;45(4):581-590.
22. Eleuteri S, Rossi R, Tripodi F, Fabrizi
A, Simonelli C. [Smartphone
applications : useful for sex
education, counselling and
therapy ?]. Rev Med Suisse.
2019;15(642):579-582.
23. Escoffery C. Gender Similarities and
Differences for e-Health Behaviors
Among U.S. Adults. Telemed J E
Health. 2018;24(5):335-343.
24. Gabarron E, Wynn R. Use of social
media for sexual health promotion: a
scoping review. Glob Health Action.
2016;9:32193.
while completely lacking information on puberty,
sexual identity, and personal safety.
Revue Medical Suisse This article is a review of literature already
published on the use of sexual health smartphone
apps. The authors suggest that these apps can be
useful for sex education, counseling/therapy, as
well as increase youths awareness of risky sexual
behavior before they engage in sex for the first
time.
Telemedicine and E- 1.996 This study compared the frequency of online health
health use by gender in US adults aged 18-90. Compared
to males, females use online resources for health
information or they had a mobile health app
already. Additional research should be done to
further examine gender use and facilitators to
mobile health app use.
Global Health Action H-index=33 This source is a review of 51 scientific articles
available on the use of online social media for
sexual health promotion. Common themes in these
articles are sexual health promotion and importance
of STI testing and 30 of them focused on young
people (11-29yrs). About a quarter of the reviewed
articles concluded that social media could be
effective for sexual health promotion.
25. Connor S, Edvardsson K, Spelten E. Male
adolescents' role in pregnancy prevention and
unintended pregnancy in rural Victoria: health
care Professional's and educators' perspectives.
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2018;18(1):245.
26. Hutchinson MK, Montgomery AJ. Parent
communication and sexual risk among African
Americans. West J Nurs Res. 2007;29(6):691-
707.
27. Haley SG, Tordoff DM, Kantor AZ, Crouch JM,
Ahrens KR. Sex Education for Transgender and
Non-Binary Youth: Previous Experiences and
Recommended Content. J Sex Med. 2019;
BMC 2.331 Participants did not consider young males to
Pregnancy and be of importance in
Childbirth the prevention of adolescent pregnancy.
There is a need to further explore the role of
young males in pregnancy prevention,
including what role traditional gender
stereotyping, from health professionals' and
young males' perspectives, plays in
provisionof adolescent sexual health services.
Western 1.457 Parent—Teen Sexual Risk Communication
Journal of Scale (PTSRC-III)
Nursing was associated with students' reports of
Research more conservative sexual attitudes and
beliefs and greater perceived ease of sexual
communication with partners. PTSRC with
mothers was also associated with fewer
sexual risk behaviors and pregnancies among
the female students.
The Journal of 3.151 This study demonstrates that TNB youth have
Sexual unique sex education needs that are not well
covered in most sexual health curricula.
Medicine Recommended content for this population
includes standard sex education topics that
require trans-inclusive framing (eg,
contraception), topics specific to TNB youth (eg,
gender-affirming medical interventions), and
topics absent from standard curricula that
warrant universal teaching (eg, information on
consent as it relates to sex acts aside from
penile-vaginal sex).--> trans and non-binary

28. Kegler, M. C., Bird, S. T., Kyle-Moon, K., &
Rodine, S. (2001). Understanding Teen
Pregnancy from the Perspective of Young
Adolescents in Oklahoma City. Health Promotion
Practice, 2(3), 242–
254. https://doi.org/10.1177/152483990100200308
29. Herrman JW. Adolescent perceptions of teen
births. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs.
2008;37(1):42-50.
Health As part of a needs and assets assessment for teen
Promotion pregnancy prevention, university researchers and
Practice practitioners from community-based
organizations collaborated to conduct focus
groups with 102 young teens of diverse
racial/ethnic backgrounds. Understanding ethnic
and gender similarities and differences in teen
views of adolescent preg-ancy helped
neighborhood-based planning groups tailor their
interventions to specific populations. There were
many more similarities in themes than
differences across both gender and racial/ethnic
groups. Common themes included wanting a
baby because of loneliness or a desire to be
loved, wanting a baby to maintain a
relationship, and viewing teen pregnancy as
an unintended consequence of having sex.
Differences tended to be gender based, with
males viewing teen pregnancy as less of a
problem than females. Implications for teen
pregnancy prevention are discussed, with
examples of how the information was used in
a teen pregnancy prevention project in
Oklahoma City.
Journal of 1.261 Though teens believed that there were positives of
Obstetric, teen births, early childbearing was considered
Gynecologic, “hard” in many aspects. These perceptions may be
and Neonatal used to guide programs, policies, messages, and
Nursing curricula with the intent to prevent teen
pregnancy. These initiatives may be more
effective if informed by teens and guided by their
perceptions.
30. Dr Lester Coleman & Suzanne
Cater (2006) ‘Planned’ Teenage Pregnancy:
Perspectives of Young Women from
Disadvantaged Backgrounds in
England, Journal of Youth Studies, 9:5,593-
614, DOI: 10.1080/13676260600805721
Journal of 1.8 Three key themes emerged when analyzing
Youth Studies the interview data. Firstly, young women
reported varied accounts in the extent their
pregnancy was planned (from clear
discussions with partner, through to ‘positive
ambivalence’). Secondly, the women
associated childhood experiences and their
social and personal backgrounds with their
decision to ‘plan’ pregnancy (including an
unsettled background and negative
educational experiences). Thirdly, more
explicitly and directly, young women viewed
pregnancy as a chance to gain a new identity
and change direction in life. Young women
perceived this decision as highly rational and
one that had contributed to a dramatic
improvement in their life.