Article Excerpt: Health messages on social media can be used to help convince young adults to use condoms to prevent sexually transmitted diseases, a new study finds. Participants in the intervention group signed up to “like” and receive news from Just/Us, a Facebook community created to promote sexual health. Two months after taking part in the social networking groups, condom use in the Just/Us group had increased from 63% to 68%, with no condom use increase in the control group. However, the effects seen in the Just/Us group faded over time and there were no differences between the two groups at the six-month follow-up.
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