Do Young People Aware of Unwanted Pregnancy as A Sexual Health Risk? A Study of Gender Difference on Contraceptive Information Seeking

• In Event: Health and Medical Information Seeking and Processing (High-Density)

Abstract

How to educate the young about sex and sexual health is always challenging across cultures. The lack of appropriate sexual and contraceptive knowledge can cause negative consequences, such as unwanted pregnancy and abortion. However, whether the young people are aware of those risks are unknown. With the common use of the Internet, young people are expected to seek information about sexual health online. Thus, this study aims to explore whether young people in both genders are aware of the risk of unwanted pregnancy and to what extend do the risk perception and affective response to health risk influence people’s online information seeking intention.

Author

• WEIWEI JIANG, Bowling Green State U