Exploring abortion attitudes of US adolescents and young adults using social media
Exploring abortion attitudes of US adolescents and young adults using social media
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DOI：
10.1016/j.contraception.2014.11.009
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发表时间：
2015-03-01
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2.9
通讯作者：
Prager, Sarah W.
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作者：
Altshuler, Anna L.;Storey, Helen L. Gems;Prager, Sarah W.
目的：探索社交媒体在美国招募青少年和年轻人的情况，并描述他们对堕胎的了解和感受。研究设计：通过网络社交媒体招募13-29岁的美国人完成一项关于性和怀孕相关决策(包括堕胎)的在线调查。使用描述性统计方法将研究人群的人口统计数据和性体验流行率与国家数据库[美国人口普查和全国家庭增长调查(NSFG)]进行比较，并描述堕胎态度和相关话题。结果：调查完成率为78%，996名参与者的回答被分析。研究人群在性别、种族、种族和地理分布方面表现出多样性，与美国人口普查有一些相似之处，与NSFG相比，他们的性活动年龄更早。虽然大多数参与者支持堕胎(74%)，但他们自己或其伴侣对堕胎的接受程度因情况而异。媒体是获得性知识和堕胎知识的最受欢迎的信息来源(分别为73%和68%)。与其他来源相比，父母对个人堕胎态度的影响最大。结论：与传统方式相比，社交媒体招募具有潜在的潜力，可以接触到地理、种族和种族多样化的年轻人，以经济和便利的方式研究敏感话题。与普通人群类似，研究人群的堕胎观点在总体上支持堕胎的态度有所下降。媒体是了解性和堕胎的共同信息来源。意义：基于网络的社交媒体提供了一种新的招聘策略，以研究青少年和年轻人等难以接触到的人群的堕胎态度等敏感话题。目前的研究结果开始描述年轻人的堕胎态度，为更深入的研究提供了基础。(C)2015 Elsevier Inc.保留所有权利。
Objectives: To explore the use of social media for recruitment of adolescents and young adults in the United States and to describe how they learn and feel about abortion.Study design: Americans 13-29 years of age were recruited through web-based social media to complete an online survey about sex and pregnancy-related decision making, including abortion. Descriptive statistics were used to compare the study population's demographics and prevalence of sexual experience to national databases [US Census and National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG)] and to describe abortion attitudes and related topics.Results: Survey completion rate was 78% and 996 participants' responses were analyzed. The study population appeared diverse with respect to gender, ethnicity, race and geographic distribution with some similarities to the US Census and was sexually active at an earlier age compared to the NSFG. While the majority of participants supported abortion (74%), acceptance of abortion for themselves or their partners varied based on circumstances. The media were the most popular sources of information for learning about sex and abortion (73% and 68%, respectively). Parents had the most influence on individuals' abortion stances compared to other sources.Conclusions: Social media recruitment, compared to traditional methods, has the potential to reach a geographically, ethnically and racially diverse group of young people to study sensitive topics in an economical and expedient fashion. Similar to the general population, the study population's abortion views fell on a spectrum with overall supportive attitudes toward abortion. The media served as common sources of information for learning about both sex and abortion.Implications: Web-based social media offer a novel recruiting strategy to study sensitive topics such as abortion attitudes among difficult-to-reach populations such as adolescents and young adults. The presented findings begin characterizing young people's abortion attitudes, offering a foundation for more in-depth research. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.