XatJove Anoia, as a Tool to Bring Health Services Closer to Teenagers
XatJove Anoia, as a Tool to Bring Health Services Closer to Teenagers
Programs such as "Salut i Escola" aim to improve the health of teenagers through actions to
 promote health, prevent risk situations and provide early care for problems related to mental
 health, emotional health and sexual, drug, alcohol and tobacco use, in collaboration with
 schools and community health services present in the territory. The massive use of new
 technologies among adolescents means that health programs have to adapt to this reality.
 XatJove Anoia offers a secure and completely confidential chat with nursing professionals via
 mobile without having to download any App. In the age of COVID-19, it is important to reduce
 the risk of infection caused by contact with health services while minimizing non-essential
 face-to-face visits.Hypothesis: The use of XatJove can increase teenagers' consultations with
 nursing professionals at Primary Care Centers.Objectives: To demonstrate that through the use
 of mobile phones and messaging applications, the number of health consultations in "Salut i
 Escola" program of the Anoia region increases.Methodology: The study uses a mixed methodology
 comparing the total number of visits (face-to-face and with XatJove) of the "Salut i Escola"
 program in the Anoia region during the 2020-2021 academic year with the number of
 face-to-face visits of the same program in the Osona region.Determinations: Number of total
 consultations in the "Salut i Escola" program during the 2020-2021 academic year in Anoia and
 Osona. XatJove user satisfaction survey.
The Internet has become an important tool for many people with health concerns [1,2]
 specially for adolescents [3,4]. Concerns about confidentiality, coupled with the stigma and
 shame associated with some conditions, specially sexually transmitted infections and other
 Health related problems make the internet a safe enviroment for adolescents to seek for
 information. This is thought to lead to an under-utilization of traditionally providers as
 the primary care health services.

 These consultations, often made by young people, include sexual and reproductive health
 problems [5] and mental health disorders [6]. This can be a major problem, since the
 under-utilization of primary care services for certain topics and the search for advice on
 the Internet that is not usually trusted can subsequently lead to health complications that
 may require more expensive specialized medical interventions. long-term and, therefore, can
 translate into an increase in healthcare costs [7].

 School programmes as Salut i Escola, have had as an objective all these years, to provide a
 more readily access to health care practitioners in order to improve their health related
 problems, doubts in sexual orientation, mental Health issues, drug related consultations and
 prevention of high-risk sexual behaviors by collaboration with educational centers and the
 community health services present in the territory.

 Nowadays, with all the Advanced Technology we dispose, and because of the enormous amount of
 unstructured online content and the importance and difficulty of determining health
 information quality[8], it is almost obligatory to try to provide access to verified and make
 this study a tool to engage with adolescents and rovide them with accedd to trustful
 information.

 Therefore, the Salut i Escola program together with the software of a well known company AGH
 Health, have been tried to minimize hesitation in seeking health advice through a chat
 application called Xatjove [9]. This is an asynchronous mobile text-based communication agent
 that connects users with healthcare professionals. These professionals provide appropriate
 guidance and advice to users in order to help them take Health related decisions.

 As an anonymous digital health intervention, XatJove has the potential to address cost
 ineffectiveness caused by under-utilization health services in terms of shameful and
 stigmatized disorders.

 According to a pilot study on e-Consultation (then known as WebGP), some of the top ten
 reasons for consultation of patients using this virtual tool included cystitis and problems
 with contraception (in women) [10]. It is known that if ignored, these conditions can lead to
 more serious, unwanted and costly complications (lack of contraception can lead to unwanted
 pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections) [11,12]. The fact that users routinely
 reported these problems through interventions health services such as e-Consultation is a
 positive sign in terms of an increased use of health services for sensitive but important
 conditions.

 At the current time of the health crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and to reduce the
 risk of infection, it makes more sense than ever to try to avoid face-to-face consultations
 of nursing professionals in institutes and also the visits of young people. to Primary Care
 Centers (CAPs). Great care must be taken that this does not mean a reduction in consultations
 on topics related to the health and school program. In addition, the health crisis is
 expected to lead to an increase in the need for emotional support by young people and agile
 tools are needed that use technologies that this sector of the population dominates and uses
 on a regular basis [13].

 A sample of students aged 12 to 16 years from middle school and high school in the sanitary
 regions of the Anoia and Osona, province of Barcelona in the acadèmic course of 2020-2021.

 A confidentiality form will be filled by every person partisipating in the study.

 The parent or guardian of every student signed an informed consent document that described
 the purpose and procedure of the study. Students also signed separate assent forms with
 similar information.

 Study design Quasi-experimental design were the data collected by our coustomised close-end
 survey, initial registration of the participants and the number of visits will be collected
 for further data analysis.

 Place and Period of the Study Demografic region of Anoia and Osona, Barcelona. Duration of
 the study: Academic course of 2020-2021.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  All Anoia Students aged 12 to 16 years from middle school and high school

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  no