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Crowd-based digital sexual health

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In a recent study, Nobles et al. report that a substantial proportion of posts to an online forum on sexually transmitted infections were seeking diagnostic help. Forum users might perceive benefits to online crowd-based diagnosis, but this approach risks spreading harmful misinformation. More research is needed on crowd-based digital approaches to improve sexual health.

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Fig. 1: A SWOT analysis for crowd-based digital sexual health.

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  1. Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    Joseph D. Tucker & Suzanne Day

  2. School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    Joseph D. Tucker

  3. Faculty of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK

    Joseph D. Tucker

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Tucker, J.D., Day, S. Crowd-based digital sexual health. Nat Rev Urol 17, 135–136 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41585-019-0280-5

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