Sundstrom Beth, DeMaria Andrea L, Ferrara Merissa, Meier Stephanie, Billings Deborah
Department of Communication, College of Charleston, 66 George Street, Charleston, SC, 29424, USA.
College of Health and Human Sciences, Purdue University, 812 West State Street, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA.
Matern Child Health J. 2019 Sep;23(9):1196-1205. doi: 10.1007/s10995-019-02750-3.
Rural populations face unique health disparities that prevent women from accessing reproductive health care services. Telehealth initiatives offer a health care delivery tool to increase access to contraception.
To understand women's contraceptive needs and perceptions of accessing contraception through telehealth services.
Researchers conducted 52 in-depth interviews with women ages 18-44 years living in five rural counties in South Carolina from May to July 2015. Researchers employed constant comparative data analysis using HyperRESEARCH 3.7.2.
Most participants identified as Black (62%) or White (28%). Findings suggest successful telehealth interventions should accommodate women's complex and nuanced community views, including benefits and barriers of telehealth, to improve access to contraceptive methods in rural locations. In addition, telehealth initiatives should frame contraception as contributing to women's overall health and well-being.
Telehealth initiatives may address barriers to contraceptive access in rural locations. Findings from this study offer theoretical and practical opportunities to guide telehealth interventions that support and empower women's access to contraceptive methods in rural areas.
农村人口面临独特的健康差异，这使得女性难以获得生殖保健服务。远程医疗计划提供了一种医疗服务提供工具，以增加避孕措施的可及性。
了解女性的避孕需求以及对通过远程医疗服务获取避孕措施的看法。
2015年5月至7月，研究人员对南卡罗来纳州五个农村县的18至44岁女性进行了52次深入访谈。研究人员使用HyperRESEARCH 3.7.2进行持续比较数据分析。
大多数参与者为黑人（62%）或白人（28%）。研究结果表明，成功的远程医疗干预措施应考虑女性复杂而细微的社区观点，包括远程医疗的益处和障碍，以改善农村地区避孕方法的可及性。此外，远程医疗计划应将避孕视为有助于女性的整体健康和幸福。
远程医疗计划可能解决农村地区获取避孕措施的障碍。本研究结果提供了理论和实践机会，以指导支持并增强农村地区女性获取避孕方法的远程医疗干预措施。
