Effectiveness of the Safetxt intervention delivered by mobile phone messaging to reduce STIs in young people - results of a randomized controlled trial and linked qualitative study

31 January 2023, 1.00 PM - 31 January 2023, 2.00 PM

Dr Caroline Free and Dr Sima Berendes (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)

online

Hosted by the STI Research Interest Group (STIRIG) at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)

Young people aged 16-24 have a higher prevalence of genital chlamydia and gonorrhoea than other age groups. With users, we developed the theory-based safetxt intervention delivered by text message to reduce sexually transmitted infection (STI) by increasing partner notification, condom use, and STI testing before sex with new partners. We evaluated the safetxt intervention in the UK using a mixed-methods design, including a parallel-group randomised controlled trial (RCT, n=6248 participants), and a linked qualitative study (semi-structured interviews with n=18 and free-text comments of n=3526 trial participants). During this STIRIG seminar, we will present results of both, the RCT and qualitative study.

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