YouTube and the single-rod contraceptive implant: a content analysis

Abstract

This study found that most of the information on YouTube pertaining to contraceptive implants is accurate, is presented from the patient's perspective, and promotes the method's use.

Social media and the intrauterine device: a YouTube content analysis

“…Yet while the inclusion of inaccurate claims and side effects was associated with the IUD’s overall portrayal, the majority of IUD testimonials were still perceived as positive by our raters and neither characteristic was significantly linked to video view counts and potential influence. These findings are consistent with those of another study examining the content of YouTube videos on the single-rod contraceptive implant, which rated 61% of testimonials as positive and noted that only the minority contained misinformation 19. With respect to negative portrayals of the IUD, we noted that they were more commonly identified among videos created more than a year after a user had her IUD inserted.…”

Strengthening implant provision and acceptance in South Africa with the ‘Any woman, any place, any time’ approach: An essential step towards reducing unintended pregnancies

“…[44] Social media contain many useful, accurate resources, presenting the implant from a patient's perspective, although admittedly alongside much misinformation. [45] In a trial in India, actively following up implant users through phone calls or home visits was able to raise continuation rates. [46] Calls, lasting 4 minutes on average, might be feasible in SA, given that women's contact details are routinely collected at each clinic visit, although these details are often incomplete and subject to frequent changes.…”

YouTube as a resource for evaluating the unmet needs of caregivers of stroke survivors

“…In our search strategy, only 26 videos of 132 viewed (19.7%) featured content where caregivers of stroke survivors discussed their unmet needs and concerns. This percentage of relevant videos is much lower than in other fields of previous research using YouTube [41][42][43] and suggests that it is difficult to find content that specifically addresses the unmet needs of caregivers of stroke survivors, even when search terms that target this population are used.…”