Presentation is key in antenatal information, research suggests

The font type of written text and how easy it is to read can be influential when it comes to engaging people with important health information and recruiting them for potentially beneficial programmes, new research by The University of Manchester and Leeds Beckett University has found.Led by Dr Andrew Manley, a Chartered Sport and Exercise Psychologist and Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology at Leeds Beckett, the study – published in the latest issue of Patient Education and Counseling journal – assessed the extent to which the title and font of participant information sheets can influence a person’s perception of written information.Thirty-five pregnant women and 36 trainee midwives took part in the research and were randomly presented with one of four participant information sheets describing an antenatal programme.

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Studies show young people ‘wish they were better informed about sex’

Researchers investigating how young men and women learn about sex found that a gap exists between the type of sex education young people want and what they receive.The researchers also identified differences between how men and women learn about sex and relationships. The two studies, published in BMJ Open, utilized data from the third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal-3) – the largest scientific study of its kind in the UK.”The terrain young people have to navigate as they are growing up has changed considerably over the past 20 years and it will inevitably continue to do so,” says study author Dr. Clare Tanton. “This means that while we need a more structured approach towards sex and relationships education, we must also be able to adapt to these changing needs.”In one of the two studies, data from Natsal-3 for 3,869 participants, conducted between 2010 and 2012, was compared with data from surveys conducted in 1990-1991 and 1999-2001, in order to assess how sources of information about sex may have changed over time.

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