Promoting Reproductive Health Using Telemedicine: A Prospective Study Among Rural Appalachian High School Teens

Singh, Raj; Harsh, Mohit; Mullins, Keegan; Dunlap, Brian; Yoost, Jennie

doi:10.18590/mjm.2017.vol3.iss2.7

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“…In that same year, the program was rated as "effective" or "very effective" by 91.9% of participants. 5 This year, with the addition of the modules, the overall Teen Talk program received a rating of "effective" or "very effective" by 100% of participants. Of those who completed the modules, the majority also reported learning something from them.…”

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“…The 20 knowledge questions were multiple choice or true/false and were based on previously studied reproductive health knowledge assessment questions published elsewhere. 4,5 All data was submitted using an online survey tool on the Teen Talk website, www.marshallteentalk. org, using school computers or iPads at the sessions.…”

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“…This program was started in the 2014-2015 school year involving only female high school students, 4 and due to positive feedback and improved self-efficacy measures among participants, was expanded to include male students in 2015-2016. 5 Based upon feedback from previous study participants, we expanded our education resources to include web-based modules housed on the program website (www.marshallteentalk. org).…”

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Teaching Reproductive Health through Telehealth Sessions and Online Modules to Rural High School Students

Casey¹,

Urian²,

Lancaster³

et al. 2018

WVMJ

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Marshall Teen Talk is an established, successful after-school program that teaches reproductive health to high school students in McDowell County using telehealth. This study focuses on the expansion of this program involving the addition of online reproductive health modules on the program website (www.marshallteentalk.org). The purpose of this study was to identify if the use of online modules contributed to overall reproductive health knowledge among a group of high school students. Topics covered in the afterschool telehealth sessions and online modules included Anatomy, Relationships, Birth Control, and STD prevention. Knowledge scores were measured by a set of 20 reproductive health questions given as a pre and post test before and after the program. Thirty-five students voluntarily participated in at least one telehealth session and/or online module. The majority of students who completed the modules liked the format and found the information to be easily understood. The differences in overall knowledge scores were significantly improved from pre to post-test (14.38 vs. 17.14, p<0.001), however, the completion of the online modules did not contribute significantly to an improvement in reproductive health knowledge.

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Teaching Reproductive Health through Telehealth Sessions and Online Modules to Rural High School Students

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“…The primary author has been actively involved in teaching reproductive health to rural adolescents in West Virginia since 2016. 13,14,16 Feedback and resources from other teaching modalities such as telemedicine interventions and web-based tools were used to develop a website housing a comprehensive sex education self-study. This website, www.marshallteentalk.org contains a curriculum divided into 4 sections: (i) How My Body Works (anatomy, physiology, sexuality, and gender identity), (ii) Healthy Relationships, (iii) Birth Control, and 4)Sexually Transmitted Infection Prevention.…”

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“…4 Other researchers have promoted the promising impact of technology-based interventions on sexual health and found that impact may be stronger when interventions tailor materials to the needs of specific participants. 11,12 Previous studies have demonstrated that the rural adolescent population in West Virginia has low reproductive health knowledge, 13,14 and may face unique obstacles to contraception access. 15 Barriers to rural adolescents include distance to healthcare providers, limited access to certain contraceptives such as intrauterine devices and implants, and variability of sex education curriculum presented at school.…”

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Acceptability of a Comprehensive Sex Education Self-Study Website for Teaching Reproductive Health: A Pilot Study Among College Students and Obstetrics and Gynecology Resident Physicians

Yoost

Ruley

Durfee³

2021

Sexual Medicine

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Introduction: There is a growing interest among adolescents to obtain sexual health information online, which could be helpful in rural areas where adolescents face unique obstacles to contraception access, and medically accurate sex education is not mandated. Aim: This study piloted a comprehensive sex education self-study website among undergraduate students and resident physicians to assess the accuracy and feasibility for future use in younger adolescents. Methods: A sex education website developed by a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist (OBGYN) was piloted among a group of OBGYN resident physicians and undergraduates from West Virginia. Groups were chosen to assess the accuracy of information and acceptability for use in younger adolescents. The 30-minute curriculum was a series of short videos (2e4 minutes each) covering anatomy, physiology, sexuality, gender identity, relationship health, contraception, and sexually transmitted infection prevention. Data were obtained on subjects' past experience and perception of sex education. Subjects also evaluated the website for usefulness and accuracy. Outcomes: Main outcomes included a Likert scale assessment of each curriculum session's usefulness, accuracy, and how easy it was to follow. Results: 24 subjects (14 undergraduates and 10 physicians) participated during September and October of 2019. All except for 1 subject had sex education taught in school; 11 (45.8%) reported it to be "low quality"; 23 (95.8%) reported being taught in a classroom. Individual website video sessions were reported to be highly accurate, very easy to follow, and very useful. All subjects (100%) felt that high school adolescents would be interested in the self-study website. Conclusions: A self-study website was successfully tested and found to be a well-accepted way to teach sex education among this pilot group. Future work involves testing this tool among younger adolescent subjects.

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A virtual sex education tool improved reproductive health knowledge among adolescent girls

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Promoting Reproductive Health Using Telemedicine: A Prospective Study Among Rural Appalachian High School Teens

Cited by 5 publications

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Teaching Reproductive Health through Telehealth Sessions and Online Modules to Rural High School Students

Teaching Reproductive Health through Telehealth Sessions and Online Modules to Rural High School Students

Acceptability of a Comprehensive Sex Education Self-Study Website for Teaching Reproductive Health: A Pilot Study Among College Students and Obstetrics and Gynecology Resident Physicians

A virtual sex education tool improved reproductive health knowledge among adolescent girls

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