Safe Sex Texts Don’t Reduce STI Reinfections #shorts

Health communications delivered by text message are effective, cheap, and highly cost-effective for some behaviors, such as smoking cessation – but they may not work for sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention. That was the conclusion of researchers who sent regular texts to young people who recently had an STI, aiming to encourage safer sex behaviors, but found that in fact the messages did not reduce rates of chlamydia and gonorrhea reinfection. #shorts #textingtips #textingstory #safesex #chlamydia #gonorrhea