Impact of social media usage on adolescent sexual and reproductive health
Identifikátory výsledku
Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI
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Výsledek na webu
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.34190/ESM.20.016" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.34190/ESM.20.016</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.34190/ESM.20.016" target="_blank" >10.34190/ESM.20.016</a>
Alternativní jazyky
Jazyk výsledku
angličtina
Název v původním jazyce
Impact of social media usage on adolescent sexual and reproductive health
Popis výsledku v původním jazyce
One of the critical stages in life is adolescence, since it is associated with many changes and first experiences. Information on how to handle the many changes with their attending desires is very essential. Guidance and counselling services as well as parents’ involvement are equally important factors to the adolescent. Due to this, the phenomenon has received some empirical study attention, and researchers have reported that Social Media (eg. WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn) usage among adolescents is on the ascendancy. These social media platforms offer many possibilities for many forms of communication to take place. Many scholars have studied the phenomenon in different geographical locations, focusing on various aspects and have emerged with different findings. However, there is paucity in research on the impact of social media usage on sexual and reproductive health information sharing among adolescents in Ghana. We explored the impact of social media usage by adolescents in Ghana. We also examined the kinds of SRH information shared by adolescents on social media. Four hundred adolescents (social media users), between the ages of 13 and 19 were sampled for the study. The results revealed that majority of respondents share sexual and reproductive health information regarding personal experiences with their friends through social media. WhatsApp was the medium mostly used for sharing ‘sensitive’ SRH information, followed by Facebook. We also found that adolescents share a lot of SRH information on social media. These include condom use, sexual experiences, abortion and changes during adolescence. There were significant differences among male and female adolescents on the kinds of information shared on social media. The findings of the study have direct implication for policy direction regarding Sexual and Reproductive Health information accessibility among adolescents in Ghana. Implications for parental involvement, organisation of frequent SRH awareness events as well as implications for guidance and counselling were outlined. © European Conference on Social Media, ECSM 2020.
Název v anglickém jazyce
Impact of social media usage on adolescent sexual and reproductive health
Popis výsledku anglicky
One of the critical stages in life is adolescence, since it is associated with many changes and first experiences. Information on how to handle the many changes with their attending desires is very essential. Guidance and counselling services as well as parents’ involvement are equally important factors to the adolescent. Due to this, the phenomenon has received some empirical study attention, and researchers have reported that Social Media (eg. WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn) usage among adolescents is on the ascendancy. These social media platforms offer many possibilities for many forms of communication to take place. Many scholars have studied the phenomenon in different geographical locations, focusing on various aspects and have emerged with different findings. However, there is paucity in research on the impact of social media usage on sexual and reproductive health information sharing among adolescents in Ghana. We explored the impact of social media usage by adolescents in Ghana. We also examined the kinds of SRH information shared by adolescents on social media. Four hundred adolescents (social media users), between the ages of 13 and 19 were sampled for the study. The results revealed that majority of respondents share sexual and reproductive health information regarding personal experiences with their friends through social media. WhatsApp was the medium mostly used for sharing ‘sensitive’ SRH information, followed by Facebook. We also found that adolescents share a lot of SRH information on social media. These include condom use, sexual experiences, abortion and changes during adolescence. There were significant differences among male and female adolescents on the kinds of information shared on social media. The findings of the study have direct implication for policy direction regarding Sexual and Reproductive Health information accessibility among adolescents in Ghana. Implications for parental involvement, organisation of frequent SRH awareness events as well as implications for guidance and counselling were outlined. © European Conference on Social Media, ECSM 2020.
Klasifikace
Druh
D - Stať ve sborníku
CEP obor
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OECD FORD obor
50401 - Sociology
Návaznosti výsledku
Projekt
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Návaznosti
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Ostatní
Rok uplatnění
2020
Kód důvěrnosti údajů
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Údaje specifické pro druh výsledku
Název statě ve sborníku
The European Conference on Social Media
ISBN
978-1-912764-63-1
ISSN
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e-ISSN
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Počet stran výsledku
9
Strana od-do
10-18
Název nakladatele
Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited
Místo vydání
Reading
Místo konání akce
Larnaca
Datum konání akce
2. 7. 2020
Typ akce podle státní příslušnosti
EUR - Evropská akce
Kód UT WoS článku
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