The Development of a Website Providing Contraceptive Information to Female College Students in Beijing, China: A Special Studies Project Open Access
Chen, Guanjin (Spring 2018)
Abstract
Despite attitudes towards sexuality having become more open than in the past, knowledge about and use of contraception among Chinese college students is not adequate. This special studies project seeks to develop a website that provides contraceptive information to female college students in Beijing, China, with the goal of improving their knowledge about contraception and potentially their use of contraception. Prior to the website development, focus group discussions were conducted with thirty participants to assess needs among the population. Focus group discussions were conducted again after development of the website for evaluation purposes. Participants were recruited through convenience and snowball sampling; transcripts were analyzed using MAXQDA.
Results from formative research showed that detailed explanations of the safety and effectiveness of each contraceptive method were needed by the target population, in particular relating to IUDs and oral birth control pills, about which participants expressed a high level of confusion. Participants also wanted to see resources about where could they get those products. Website evaluation FGDs showed that this website addressed most of the study participants’ needs and expectations. They also pointed to possible directions for future improvements of this website, such as including online quizzes to assess users’ change in knowledge and including more interactive sections.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1
RATIONALE 1
CHAPTER 2 COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF LITERATURE 2
2.1 USE OF INTERNET IN HEALTH COMMUNICATION AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS AROUND THE GLOBE 2
2.2 INTERNET AS A REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH COMMUNICATION TOOL IN CHINA 4
2.2.1 Reproductive Health in China 4
2.2.2 Internet Use in China 6
2.2.3 Sex Education in China 6
2.2.4 current reproductive health communication tool on the internet 7
2.3 IMPLICATIONS FROM PREVIOUS STUDIES 8
CHAPTER 3 METHODS 10
3.1 NEEDS ASSESSMENT 10
3.2 POPULATION AND SAMPLE 10
3.3 DESCRIPTION OF FORMATIVE RESEARCH FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS 11
3.4 DATA ANALYSIS 12
3.5 PLANS FOR WEBSITE REVISIONS AND PILOT TESTING 13
3.6 ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS 13
CHAPTER 4 RESULTS 14
4.1 FORMATIVE RESEARCH 14
4.2 WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT 19
CHAPTER 5 DISCUSSION 25
5.1 WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION 25
5.2 ADDITIONAL FINDINGS 27
5.3 STRENGTHS 29
5.4 LIMITATIONS 30
CHAPTER 6 RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION 31
CONCLUSIONS 32
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