Altshuler Anna L, Gerns Storey Helen L, Prager Sarah W
Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Contraception. 2015 Mar;91(3):226-33. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2014.11.009. Epub 2014 Nov 22.
To explore the use of social media for recruitment of adolescents and young adults in the United States and to describe how they learn and feel about abortion.
Americans 13-29years of age were recruited through web-based social media to complete an online survey about sex and pregnancy-related decision making, including abortion. Descriptive statistics were used to compare the study population's demographics and prevalence of sexual experience to national databases [US Census and National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG)] and to describe abortion attitudes and related topics.
Survey completion rate was 78% and 996 participants' responses were analyzed. The study population appeared diverse with respect to gender, ethnicity, race and geographic distribution with some similarities to the US Census and was sexually active at an earlier age compared to the NSFG. While the majority of participants supported abortion (74%), acceptance of abortion for themselves or their partners varied based on circumstances. The media were the most popular sources of information for learning about sex and abortion (73% and 68%, respectively). Parents had the most influence on individuals' abortion stances compared to other sources.
Social media recruitment, compared to traditional methods, has the potential to reach a geographically, ethnically and racially diverse group of young people to study sensitive topics in an economical and expedient fashion. Similar to the general population, the study population's abortion views fell on a spectrum with overall supportive attitudes toward abortion. The media served as common sources of information for learning about both sex and abortion.
Web-based social media offer a novel recruiting strategy to study sensitive topics such as abortion attitudes among difficult-to-reach populations such as adolescents and young adults. The presented findings begin characterizing young people's abortion attitudes, offering a foundation for more in-depth research.
探讨在美国利用社交媒体招募青少年和青年成人的情况，并描述他们对堕胎的了解程度和感受。
通过基于网络的社交媒体招募13至29岁的美国人，以完成一项关于性与怀孕相关决策（包括堕胎）的在线调查。使用描述性统计方法将研究人群的人口统计学特征和性经历患病率与国家数据库（美国人口普查和全国家庭成长调查）进行比较，并描述堕胎态度及相关话题。
调查完成率为78%，对996名参与者的回答进行了分析。研究人群在性别、种族、民族和地理分布方面呈现出多样性，与美国人口普查有一些相似之处，并且与全国家庭成长调查相比，性活跃年龄更早。虽然大多数参与者支持堕胎（74%），但他们自己或其伴侣对堕胎的接受程度因情况而异。媒体是了解性和堕胎信息最受欢迎的来源（分别为73%和68%）。与其他来源相比，父母对个人的堕胎立场影响最大。
与传统方法相比，社交媒体招募有可能接触到地理、种族和民族多样化的年轻人群体，以经济便捷的方式研究敏感话题。与一般人群类似，研究人群对堕胎的看法存在差异，总体上对堕胎持支持态度。媒体是了解性和堕胎信息的常见来源。
基于网络的社交媒体提供了一种新颖的招募策略，用于研究诸如青少年和青年成人等难以接触人群的堕胎态度等敏感话题。所呈现的研究结果开始描述年轻人的堕胎态度，为更深入的研究奠定了基础。
