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Avatars using computer/smartphone mediated communication and social networking in prevention of sexually transmitted diseases among North-Norwegian youngsters

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, October 2012
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Title
Avatars using computer/smartphone mediated communication and social networking in prevention of sexually transmitted diseases among North-Norwegian youngsters
Published in
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, October 2012
DOI 10.1186/1472-6947-12-120
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Authors

Elia Gabarron, J Artur Serrano, Rolf Wynn, Manuel Armayones

Abstract

Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), especially the Chlamydia trachomatis bacterial infection, a common cause of infertility, are highly prevalent in developed countries, and a worrying problem in North Norway, where the incidence of chlamydia twice the Norwegian average. Seventy percent of reported chlamydia cases are found in people below 25 years of age, and although its spread could be controlled with proper prevention, young people are more aware of the risks of unwanted pregnancy than their risk of acquiring a STD. Information and Communication Technologies, including, the Internet, social media and/or smartphones, should be valued for sexual health promotion for their potential to engage young audiences. And in these media, avatars guarantee anonymity to users when handling sensitive information. The main objective of this project is to achieve that North Norwegian youngsters become more aware of STDs through the use of popular technologies among young people.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 3 1%
United Kingdom 2 <1%
Germany 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Netherlands 1 <1%
Spain 1 <1%
Norway 1 <1%
Unknown 251 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 54 21%
Researcher 35 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 27 10%
Student > Bachelor 25 10%
Other 12 5%
Other 51 20%
Unknown 57 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 57 22%
Social Sciences 37 14%
Nursing and Health Professions 25 10%
Psychology 24 9%
Computer Science 19 7%
Other 38 15%
Unknown 61 23%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 October 2016.
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#3,885,996
of 22,796,179 outputs
Outputs from BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
#327
of 1,987 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#29,068
of 183,810 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
#5
of 37 outputs
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