A wide range of health information is disseminated via Social Media. This also includes sexual and reproductive health information. Within a systematic scoping review, the Media Psychology group has identified N=72 publications analyzing the content of sexual health information on different social media platforms. The majority of studies (54%) addressed sexual and reproductive health information on YouTube, followed by Twitter (30%), and Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat. No studies were found for TikTok, Twitch, or Pinterest. Only 10 of the 72 studies examined the quality of sexual and reproductive health information on Social Media, rating the quality as rather low.
Döring, N. & Conde, M. (2021). Sexuelle Gesundheitsinformationen in sozialen Medien: Ein systematisches Scoping Review [Sexual health information on social media: a systematic scoping review]. Bundesgesundheitsblatt – Gesundheitsforschung – Gesundheitsschutz, 64(11), 1416-1429. doi.org/10.1007/s00103-021-03431-9