Sexual Health

The Effect of Animated Videos on Adolescent Awareness of Sexual Health Risks and HIV Prevention.

Wilandika A, Widianti A, Wijaya M • AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education • 2025

PubMed 40900186 DOI 10.1521/aeap.2025.37.4.312

TL;DR

Short animated videos significantly improved adolescent reproductive health knowledge, with the proportion demonstrating 'good' knowledge rising from 17.3% at pre-test to 89.3% at the third post-test (p = .001).

Key Findings

Results

The proportion of adolescents with 'good' knowledge of sexual health risks increased substantially following the animated video intervention.

Good knowledge proportion rose from 17.3% at pre-test to 89.3% at the third post-test.
The change was statistically significant (p = .001).
Knowledge was measured at baseline and three post-intervention time points.
The intervention consisted of an 8-minute animated video viewed on three consecutive days.

Methods

An animated video intervention covering premarital sex, HIV, and drug use was delivered to adolescents in Bojongloa Kidul District, Bandung, Indonesia.

The study used a quasi-experimental equivalent time-series design.
75 adolescents participated in the study.
The intervention was conducted over three consecutive days (April–June 2024).
Content covered premarital sex, HIV, and drug use in an 8-minute animated format.

Conclusions

Short animated videos were found to be an effective medium for enhancing reproductive health knowledge among adolescents.

The findings support integration of animated video content into school- and community-based HIV prevention initiatives.
The wide age range of participants may have influenced knowledge gains.
Authors suggest future interventions should consider age-tailored content to address variation in knowledge acquisition across age groups.

What This Means

This research suggests that showing adolescents a short animated video about sexual health risks — including premarital sex, HIV, and drug use — can dramatically increase their knowledge on these topics. In a study of 75 teenagers in Bandung, Indonesia, only about 1 in 6 participants demonstrated 'good' knowledge before the intervention, but after watching an 8-minute animated video on three consecutive days, nearly 9 in 10 participants reached that level. This improvement was statistically significant, meaning it is unlikely to be due to chance. The study used a design that measured knowledge at multiple points over time, allowing researchers to track how understanding changed after each viewing. The results held across the three post-intervention measurements, suggesting the information was retained rather than immediately forgotten. This research suggests that brief, engaging animated videos could be a practical and scalable tool for reproductive and sexual health education among young people, particularly in school or community settings. The authors note that because participants spanned a wide age range, future programs might benefit from tailoring content to different age groups to maximize effectiveness for all adolescents.

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Wilandika A, Widianti A, Wijaya M. (2025). The Effect of Animated Videos on Adolescent Awareness of Sexual Health Risks and HIV Prevention.. AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education. https://doi.org/10.1521/aeap.2025.37.4.312

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