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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 117-127 |
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A systematic review of eHealth modes in preventing sexually transmitted infections
Firoozeh Nourimand1, Afsaneh Keramat2, Masoumeh Sayahi1, Leila Bozorgian3, Zahra Hashempour4
1 Student Research Committee, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran
2 Center for Health Related Social and Behavioral Sciences Research, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran
3 Midwifery Department, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran
4 Students Research Committee, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Afsaneh Keramat
Department of Reproductive Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Hafte Tir Square, Shahroud
Iran
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/ijstd.ijstd_55_22
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Prevention of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) is critical. Despite developing treatment and prevention programs, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are essential in developing acute and chronic diseases. Because “eHealth” (electronic-Health) has excellent potential for disseminating health information to the public regarding STDs, we aimed to identify and review all published articles focusing on preventing STIs. After constructing the design and answering population, intervention, comparison, and outcome questions, two authors conducted a systematic literature search in four online databases in January 2022. The screening process and data extraction were conducted by two authors independently, and then, a quality assessment was performed. After removing duplicates, and two rounds of shortlisting, 16 articles were included for data extraction out of 5113 entries. Included studies were of different designs and assessed six preventive outcomes categories, with condom use being the most frequent result among studies. We also extracted implementation outcomes and reviewed them. Included studies with 13,137 participants have provided reasonable evidence of the effectiveness of different types of eHealth in improving STI prevention interventions. Although this systematic review was not without limitations, it can no longer be ignored that eHealth modes offer many opportunities to prevent STDs, especially among the young population.
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