Gürkan Özlem Can, Kırık Begüm, Eş Yusuf, Modanlar Necmedin, Atakan Enes, Demir Furkan
Marmara University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing - İstanbul, Türkiye.
Yeditepe University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing - İstanbul, Türkiye.
Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992). 2025 May 2;71(3):e20241602. doi: 10.1590/1806-9282.20241602. eCollection 2025.
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of sexually transmitted disease education provided via Instagram on university students' knowledge and attitudes about sexually transmitted diseases.
This pretest-posttest control group experimental study was conducted on 69 participants (Instagram group: 30, control group: 39). Participants in the Instagram group followed the @sexualinfectmarmara Instagram account prepared by the researchers. Five modules about sexually transmitted diseases prepared by the researchers were shared on this account.
When the pre-training STD scores of the Instagram and control groups were compared with the analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) analysis, it was found that the scores of the Instagram group were statistically significantly higher than those of the control group. No significant difference was found between the sexually transmitted disease scores. After the training, the participants in the Instagram group responded significantly more with disagreement to the statement "sexually transmitted disease patients are easily recognized in society."
Instagram can be a new and alternative educational tool for increasing the sexually transmitted disease knowledge and attitude levels of university students.
本研究旨在调查通过照片墙（Instagram）提供的性传播疾病教育对大学生关于性传播疾病的知识和态度的影响。
本项前测-后测对照组实验研究针对69名参与者开展（照片墙组：30人，对照组：39人）。照片墙组的参与者关注了研究人员创建的@sexualinfectmarmara照片墙账号。研究人员准备的五个关于性传播疾病的模块在该账号上进行了分享。
通过协方差分析（ANCOVA）比较照片墙组和对照组训练前的性传播疾病知识得分时，发现照片墙组的得分在统计学上显著高于对照组。性传播疾病得分之间未发现显著差异。训练后，照片墙组的参与者对“性传播疾病患者在社会中很容易被识别”这一说法的反对回应明显更多。
照片墙可以成为提高大学生性传播疾病知识和态度水平的一种新的替代性教育工具。
