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Abstract

Objective:

This paper reports on a pilot study evaluating the feasibility and acceptability of a text- and mobile video–based intervention to educate women and men attending college about non-daily contraception, with a particular focus on long-acting reversible contraception (LARC). A secondary objective is to describe the process of intervention development.

Setting:

Participants included undergraduate students attending a large urban US university between September and November 2011.

Design:

Using a participatory research strategy, investigators developed, delivered and evaluated a pilot mobile intervention using a texting interface, mobile videos and a contraceptive provider directory.

Method:

Descriptive statistics summarise the data collected from daily text-in analytics and web-based survey responses.

Results:

The texting interface received 1,203 visits; mobile videos were accessed 446 times. The provider directory was used by 10% of participants. Survey respondents’ (N = 82) motivation for choosing non-daily contraception included cost (57%), side effects (55%), effectiveness (55%) and low recall effort (23%). Most participants (88%) would/might recommend these methods to others.

Conclusion:

This study demonstrated that text- and mobile video–based modalities are appropriate and feasible to deliver contraceptive education to college students. There is a critical opportunity to reach large numbers of potential users through mobile health (mHealth) interventions to disseminate accurate information and link to healthcare services.

Keywords

College students contraception mobile phone text messaging USA

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Pregnancy prevention at her fingertips: A text- and mobile video–based pilot intervention to promote contraceptive methods among college women

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