Research Team Studies Use of Smartphone App to Teach Sexual Health to Adolescent Girls

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PROVIDENCE – A research team led by LYNAE M. BRAYBOY, MD , reproductive endocrinologist in the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island and at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, found that a smart- phone application vs. traditional methods can potentially con- nect teenage girls to more infor- mation about sexual health. The research, entitled "Girl Talk: A Smartphone Application to Teach Sexual Health Education to Adolescent Girls," was recently published in The Journal of Pediatric and Adoles- cent Gynecology. The article was co-authored by CAROL WHEELER, MD , also of Women & Infants/Brown University. "We found that a smartphone application is a feasible sexual health educational tool that is appealing to teenage girls," said Dr. Brayboy. "In fact, our participants recom- mended the application as a valuable resource to learn about comprehensive sexual health."