TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of an Online Contraceptive Decision Aid for College Women
AU - Redman, Molly
AU - Brian, Jenny
AU - Wang, Dongwen
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Lack of knowledge in highly efficient contraceptive methods led to low rates of adoption and misuse of these methods by young women. The existing online tools for contraceptive decisions have flaws. To address this critical need, we developed a prototype online contraception decision aid for college women. For this purpose, we conducted a focus group interview for needs assessment. We designed a scoring system to provide accurate and customized recommendations based on a user's preferences. We implemented the tool with specific functions to collect users' needs and preferences in selecting specific contraceptive methods, to present the customized recommendations, to provide side-by-side comparison of all contraceptive methods, and to recommend additional resources. Preliminary data seem to indicate positive evaluations of the tool. Future work is required to examine the generalizability of the findings and to have full implementations of the tool for real world use.
AB - Lack of knowledge in highly efficient contraceptive methods led to low rates of adoption and misuse of these methods by young women. The existing online tools for contraceptive decisions have flaws. To address this critical need, we developed a prototype online contraception decision aid for college women. For this purpose, we conducted a focus group interview for needs assessment. We designed a scoring system to provide accurate and customized recommendations based on a user's preferences. We implemented the tool with specific functions to collect users' needs and preferences in selecting specific contraceptive methods, to present the customized recommendations, to provide side-by-side comparison of all contraceptive methods, and to recommend additional resources. Preliminary data seem to indicate positive evaluations of the tool. Future work is required to examine the generalizability of the findings and to have full implementations of the tool for real world use.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 35308945
AN - SCOPUS:85126848938
SN - 1559-4076
VL - 2021
SP - 1049
EP - 1058
JO - AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium
JF - AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium
ER -