Social media and the intrauterine device: a YouTube content analysis

Nguyen, Brian; Allen, Allison

doi:10.1136/bmjsrh-2017-101799

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“…14 A body of literature has demonstrated that social networking sites may be an important means by which this population obtains information about contraceptive options and sexual health. Specifically, studies show that people post about their experiences with intrauterine devices (IUDs), 15 emergency contraception, 16 and miscarriage. 17 Users request diagnoses for sexually transmitted infections on social media sites, 18 and adolescents exposed to sexual risk reduction messaging on social media-compared with television, school, friends, or parents-are more likely to use contraception.…”

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Population attitudes toward contraceptive methods over time on a social media platform

Merz

Gutiérrez-Sacristán

Bartz

et al. 2021

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

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BACKGROUND: Contraceptive method choice is often strongly influenced by the experiences and opinions of one's social network. Although social media, including Twitter, increasingly influences reproductive-age individuals, discussion of contraception in this setting has yet to be characterized. Natural language processing, a type of machine learning in which computers analyze natural language data, enables this analysis. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to illuminate temporal trends in attitudes toward long-and short-acting reversible contraceptive methods in tweets between 2006 and 2019 and establish social media platforms as alternate data sources for large-scale sentiment analysis on contraception. STUDY DESIGN: We studied English-language tweets mentioning reversible prescription contraceptive methods between March 2006 (founding of Twitter) and December 2019. Tweets mentioning contraception were extracted using search terms, including generic or brand names, colloquial names, and abbreviations. We characterized and performed sentiment analysis on tweets. We used Mann-Kendall nonparametric tests to assess temporal trends in the overall number and the number of positive, negative, and neutral tweets referring to each method. The code to reproduce this analysis is available at https://github.com/ hms-dbmi/contraceptionOnTwitter. RESULTS:We extracted 838,739 tweets mentioning at least 1 contraceptive method. The annual number of contraception-related tweets increased considerably over the study period. The intrauterine device was the most commonly referenced method (45.9%). Long-acting methods were mentioned more often than short-acting ones (58% vs 42%), and the annual proportion of long-acting reversible contraceptionrelated tweets increased over time. In sentiment analysis of tweets mentioning a single contraceptive method (n¼665,064), the greatest proportion of all tweets was negative (65,339 of 160,713 tweets with at least 95% confident sentiment, or 40.66%). Tweets mentioning longacting methods were nearly twice as likely to be positive compared with tweets mentioning short-acting methods (19.65% vs 10.21%; P<.002). CONCLUSION: Recognizing the influence of social networks on contraceptive decision making, social media platforms may be useful in the collection and dissemination of information about contraception.

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Population attitudes toward contraceptive methods over time on a social media platform

Merz

Gutiérrez-Sacristán

Bartz

et al. 2021

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

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“…People increasingly rely on the internet as a primary source of health information [13,14]. As part of this trend, researchers have begun to investigate people's health-seeking strategies and the information available online for a wide range of reproductive health needs [10,[15][16][17][18][19][20]. An analysis of videos on YouTube allows us to examine the demographic characteristics of people who attempt self-removal of LARC outside of the clinic setting-data that was not available in previous studies [10,11,21].…”

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Self-removal of long-acting reversible contraception: A content analysis of YouTube videos

Broussard¹,

Becker²

2021

Contraception

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Objective: To explore publicly available information about the self-removal of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) on a popular video-sharing website. Study Design:We conducted a comprehensive keyword search of YouTube videos related to selfremoval of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC)-namely intrauterine devices (IUDs) and implants. We analyzed video content to explore demographic characteristics, method and duration of LARC use, and motivations and experiences of self-removal.Results: Our keyword search identified 58 videos that met the criteria for inclusion, including 48 videos that featured individuals who removed an IUD and 10 who removed an implant. Collectively, videos had over 4 million views. We identified most video creators as white (53.4%), 31% as Black, and 14.3% as Latinx. Reasons for LARC discontinuation included negative side effects, fear of potential side effects, and desire for pregnancy. Users were motivated to remove their own device by both preferences and barriers to formal care. Fifty-six individuals (96.6%) successfully removed their device, and most described their experience in positive terms related to the ease of removal. Conclusion:This study builds upon prior research by describing publicly available information about LARC self-removal. The over-representation of Black women in our sample may reflect a higher prevalence of LARC self-removal among this population. Positive experiences of selfremoval and high levels of viewer engagement with online videos suggest a greater need for provider counseling on LARC removal at the time of insertion.Implications: Prior to LARC insertion, patients should be made aware of any financial requirements for discontinuation. Provider counseling for self-removal at the time of insertion will likely minimize health risks and affirm patient reproductive autonomy.

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“…(2016; [ 79 ]) Twitter Quantitativ computational – – – 1 – 54 McBean (2014; [ 80 ]) YouTube Qualitativ – Laien + 1 – 55 McLaughlin et al. (2016; [ 81 ]) Twitter Quantitativ manuell – Profis Laien Sonstige – 1 – 56 Miller (2017; [ 82 ]) YouTube Quantitativ manuell – Laien + 1 – 57 Miller (2019; [ 83 ]) YouTube Qualitativ – Laien + 1 – 58 Morris und Anderson (2015; [ 84 ]) YouTube Qualitativ – Laien + 1 – 59 Nguyen und Allen (2018; [ 85 ]) YouTube Quantitativ manuell – Laien + 1 – 60 Nobles et al. (2020; [ 86 ]) Instagram Quantitativ computational – – – 2 – 61 Onanuga (2020; [ 87 ]) Twitter Qualitativ – Laien – 1 – …”

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“…3). Beispielsweise ist untersucht worden, wie die Impfung gegen humane Papillomviren (HPV) auf YouTube [48] und Twitter [79] dargestellt wird (Themengebiet HIV/STI), wie Trans*Personen auf YouTube ihre sexuelle Gesundheit beschreiben [91] und welche alternativen Männlichkeitsbilder auf YouTube [84] vermittelt werden (Themengebiet geschlechtliche und sexuelle Identitäten), wie Mädchen und Frauen sexuelle Gewalt auf YouTube [59] behandeln und welche Möglichkeiten der sexuellen Gewaltprävention auf Twitter [64] diskutiert werden (Themengebiet sexuelle Gewalt), welche Verhütungsinformationen auf YouTube [85] verfügbar sind (Themengebiet Fruchtbarkeit und Verhütung), welche Informationen zu erektiler Dysfunktion auf YouTube [57] oder zu Unfruchtbarkeit auf Instagram und Twitter [44] verbreitet werden (Themengebiet sexuelle und reproduktive Störungen) und welche Informationen über lesbische Lebensweisen [80] oder sexuelle Techniken [33] auf YouTube zu finden sind (Themengebiet sexuelle Funktionen, Lebensstile und Vergnügen).…”

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Sexual health information on social media: a systematic scoping review

Döring

Conde

2021

Bundesgesundheitsbl

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Zusammenfassung Hintergrund Informationen zur sexuellen und reproduktiven Gesundheit werden zunehmend auch über soziale Medien verbreitet und erreichen dort ein großes Publikum. Ziel der Arbeit Vor diesem Hintergrund ist es Ziel des vorliegenden Beitrags, den internationalen Forschungsstand zu sexuellen Gesundheitsinformationen in sozialen Medien erstmals systematisch mit einem Scoping Review aufzuarbeiten. Es sollen 7 Forschungsfragen beantwortet werden, die sich auf den Umfang (F1), die Methoden (F2: Inhaltsanalyse, F3: Qualitätsanalyse) sowie die Ergebnisse (F4: Anbieter, F5: Zielgruppen, F6: Themen, F7: Qualität der Informationen) bisheriger Studien beziehen. Material und Methoden Die Untersuchung folgt dem PRISMA-Framework für Scoping Reviews sowie dem Open-Science-Ansatz: Sie ist präregistriert und alle Materialien (Codebuch mit Reliabilitätskoeffizienten) und Daten (Liste der identifizierten Studien, Codierung der Studien) stehen auf dem Server der Open Science Foundation zur Verfügung. Ergebnisse Es konnten insgesamt 69 Studien mit 72 Datensätzen identifiziert werden, wobei sich mehr als die Hälfte der Publikationen auf YouTube bezieht (F1). Qualitative und quantitative Methoden der Inhaltsanalyse kommen gleichermaßen zum Einsatz (F2), Qualitätsanalysen sind rar (F3). Bei den Anbietern dominieren Gesundheitslaien (F4). Die Zielgruppen sind meist unspezifiziert (F5). Die in den vorliegenden Studien untersuchten Gesundheitsinformationen in sozialen Medien behandeln ein breites Themenspektrum (F6). Sofern Qualitätseinschätzungen vorgenommen wurden, fielen diese eher negativ aus (F7). Diskussion Mehr Forschung ist notwendig, um sexuelle und reproduktive Gesundheitsinformationen in sozialen Medien besser zu verstehen und um ihre Qualität und konstruktive Nutzung zu fördern.

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Social media and the intrauterine device: a YouTube content analysis

Abstract: While one-third of IUD user testimonials on YouTube contained inaccurate information, the majority of IUD experiences were perceived by our study viewers to be positive.

Cited by 41 publications

References 18 publications

Population attitudes toward contraceptive methods over time on a social media platform

Population attitudes toward contraceptive methods over time on a social media platform

Self-removal of long-acting reversible contraception: A content analysis of YouTube videos

Sexual health information on social media: a systematic scoping review

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