title: Online Social Networking, Sexual Risk and Protective Behaviors: Considerations for Clinicians and Researchers.
abstract: Online social networking refers to the use of internet-based technologies that facilitate connection and communication between users. These platforms may be accessed via computer or mobile device (e.g., tablet, smartphone); communication between users may include linking of profiles, posting of text, photo and video content, instant messaging and email. This review provides an overview of recent research on the relationship between online social networking and sexual risk and protective behaviors with a focus on use of social networking sites (SNS) among young people and populations at high risk for sexually transmitted infections (STIs). While findings are mixed, the widespread use of SNS for sexual communication and partner seeking presents opportunities for the delivery and evaluation of public health interventions. Results of SNS-based interventions to reduce sexual risk are synthesized in order to offer hands-on advice for clinicians and researchers interested in engaging patients and study participants via online social networking.
authors: Assistant Professor, Department of Social Welfare, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, 3250 Charles Young Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095, .
authors: Ian W
authors: IW
authors: Holloway
authors: Graduate Student Researcher, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, 3250 Charles Young Drive, .
authors: Shannon
authors: S
authors: Dunlap
authors: Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Human Behaviors, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, 1731 E. 120 St., Building N, Los Angeles, CA 90059, .
authors: Homero E
authors: HE
authors: Del Pino
authors: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, University of California, Los Angeles, 10920 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 710, Los Angeles, CA 90024, .
authors: Keith
authors: K
authors: Hermanstyne
authors: Graduate Student Researcher, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, 3250 Charles Young Drive, .
authors: Craig
authors: C
authors: Pulsipher
authors: Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095, 10833 Le Conte Ave, Los Angeles, .
authors: Raphael J
authors: RJ
authors: Landovitz
keywords: Facebook; Grindr; HIV; MSM; MySpace; SNS; STI; Twitter; apps; geosocial networking applications; internet; new media; online; sexual risk; smartphone; social media; social networking; technology; youth
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