Dating apps are an impact on young people's sexual health

English Title

Son las apps de citas un impacto en la salud sexual de los jóvenes

Authors

Milagros del rocio Vallejos-Gonzales

Abstract

With the proliferation of apps, increased use of these apps can make it easier to find casual sexual partners, resulting in unsafe sexual practices. It was identified if dating applications favor risky behaviors in young people over 18 years of age. A systematic review was carried out using articles in English and Spanish published from November 1, 2014 to November 19, 2020 on the search sites PubMed, Scielo, Google Scholar. Of the 35 articles found, 22 articles were discarded because they did not meet our criteria for combinations of keywords in the title or abstract. Thirteen studies were included for this study. Reviewing the information obtained in the research does not reach any conclusion about whether seeking sexual partners through dating applications leads to sexual risk behaviors to contract STIs / HIV. Even so, more studies are needed with a heterosexual population since it has been frequently described in MSM populations, requiring more studies, especially national studies, to better characterize risk behaviors.

English Abstract

Sr. Editor La pandemia por la Covid-19, ha dejado al descubierto, necesidades y problemas sociales. En los intentos de los gobiernos por dar respuestas inmediatas se dejó de lado los problemas sanitarios, como es el caso del control y tratamiento de las infecciones de transmisión sexual. En la actualidad de acuerdo a la Organización Mundial de la Salud: Cada día, más de un millón de personas contraen una infección de transmisión sexual (ITS). Se estima que, anualmente, unos 376 millones de personas contraen alguna de estas cuatro infecciones de transmisión sexual (ITS): clamidiasis, gonorrea, sífilis o tricomoniasis (1).

DOI

https://doi.org/10.25176/RFMH.v22i4.3982

Recommended Citation

Vallejos-Gonzales, Milagros del rocio (2022) "Dating apps are an impact on young people's sexual health," Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana: Vol. 22: Iss. 4, Article 31.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25176/RFMH.v22i4.3982
Available at: https://inicib.urp.edu.pe/rfmh/vol22/iss4/31