Vallejos-Gonzales, Milagros 1. The Covid pandemic has exposed social needs and problems. In the government's attempts to provide immediate responses, health problems were left aside, as is the case with the control and treatment of sexually transmitted infections. Currently, according to the World Health Organization: Every day, more than one million people contract a sexually transmitted infection STI. It is estimated that, annually, some million people contract one of these four sexually transmitted infections STIs : chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis or trichomoniasis 1.
Today most young people have a smartphone with Internet access, the development of applications for these has taken on vital importance in everyday life and its use has diversified. As part of the diversity of social network options available on digital distribution platforms for mobile applications, we find the so-called dating apps, dating apps, or liggin apps.
Nowadays, these apps are considered as fast, simple, and less compromising alternatives to finding a partner, having casual sexual encounters or meeting people, because they are increasingly popular 2. Among the best known we have Tinder and Badoo, which despite the situation have shown great growth. In a study about sexually transmitted infections and factors associated with condom use in users of dating applications in Brazil Quiroz et al. The result was: Regarding the prevalence of STIs, The study also showed a significant prevalence of HIV 7.
Meanwhile, in a study on Tinder and risky sexual behaviors in young Spanish people Wu, he mentions that these applications can play a facilitating role as a risk factor for unsafe sexual practices. Just like, like anonymity, accessibility, and immediacy.
In addition, among the characteristics that facilitate risky sexual practices through applications, others such as misinformation, impulsiveness, or promiscuity should be listed 4. A study on the differential profile between users and non-users of mobile dating applications users of dating applications use this medium to find sexual partners; at the same time said that these people tend to be more sexually active and tend to have a significantly higher number of sexual partners throughout their lives in relation to non-users.
