1. The Making of bSafe Mobile Application and Its Impact on Adolescents and Young Adults Giovanni Del Vecchio Temple University – Department of Nursing – College of Public Health N8303 Health Economics and Information Systems in Primary Health Care Spring 2015 Dr. Maria Pfrommer

2. The Need For Comprehensive Sexual Education Personal view about sexual education Personal experience in practicing with adolescents and young adults Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and teen pregnancy in Philadelphia: a problem for adolescents

3. STIs in Philadelphia Division of Diseases Control (2012)

4. STIs in Philadelphia Division of Diseases Control (2012)

5. Teen Pregnancy in Philadelphia Philadelphia Department of Public Health (2014)

6. US Sex Education in Schools Stranger-Hall and Hall (2011)

9. Discussion Cost-effectiveness of bSafe How does my patient population will benefit from bSafe? Making educated decision

10. Conclusions Comprehensive sex education is needed bSafe is an eHealth tool that “speaks” adolescents and young adult language Tools like bSafe are effective in “spreading the word” about STIs among adolescents and young adults

11. References bSafe (2015). [mobile application software]. Retrieved from: https://www.raconline.org /econtool/ print _pdf 763.pdf Division of Diseases and Control (2014). Annual Report. Retrieved from: http://www.phila.gov/ health/pdfs/ DDC_ AnnualReport_ 2012.pdf Philadelphia Department of Public Health (2014). Vital Statistics Report. Retrieved from: http://www.phila.gov/ health/pdfs/2011VitalsReport_final_51614.pdf Stranger-Hall, K., F., Hall, D., W. (2011). Abstinence-Only education and teen pregnancy rates: why we need comprehensive sex education in the U.S. PLoS ONE. 6(10). e24658. doi:10.1371/jpournal.pone.