1 University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
2 Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Health Educ Behav. 2019 Feb;46(1):89-96. doi: 10.1177/1090198118775476. Epub 2018 Jun 13.
Young African American and Latina women aged 15 to 24 are more likely to adopt short-acting forms of contraception over long-acting reversible contraception. Mobile applications and other forms of digital media may be useful for providing adolescents with information about sexual and reproductive health both inside and outside of the health care setting. The miPlan app was designed in accordance with principles of user experience design, and its content was informed by the theory of planned behavior and the transtheoretical model of behavior change. A university-based design team engaged young African American and Latina women to inform app development and provide input on app design, conducting multiple rounds of usability testing. Researchers then evaluated the acceptability of the miPlan app in family planning clinics among African American and Latina women aged 15 to 24. Participants rated the app highly acceptable, finding it both easy to use and highly informative. We demonstrate that mobile applications designed in conjunction with user populations may be effective at providing health information due to users' ability to identify with them and their accessibility.
15 至 24 岁的年轻非裔美国女性和拉丁裔女性更倾向于采用短效避孕措施，而不是长效可逆避孕措施。移动应用程序和其他形式的数字媒体可用于在医疗保健环境内外为青少年提供有关性健康和生殖健康的信息。miPlan 应用程序是根据用户体验设计原则设计的，其内容以计划行为理论和行为改变的跨理论模型为依据。一个以大学为基础的设计团队让年轻的非裔美国女性和拉丁裔女性参与其中，为应用程序的开发提供信息，并对应用程序设计提供意见，进行了多轮可用性测试。研究人员随后在计划生育诊所评估了 miPlan 应用程序在 15 至 24 岁非裔美国女性和拉丁裔女性中的可接受性。参与者对该应用程序的评价非常高，认为它既易于使用，又提供了大量信息。我们证明，由于用户能够认同应用程序及其可访问性，因此与用户群体共同设计的移动应用程序可能在提供健康信息方面非常有效。
