Chatbots to Improve Sexual and Reproductive Health: Realist Synthesis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Digital technologies may improve sexual and reproductive health (SRH) across diverse settings. Chatbots are computer programs designed to simulate human conversation, and there is a growing interest in the potential for chatbots to provide responsive and accurate information, counseling, linkages to products and services, or a companion on an SRH journey.

Objective

This review aimed to identify assumptions about the value of chatbots for SRH and collate the evidence to support them.

Methods

We used a realist approach that starts with an initial program theory and generates causal explanations in the form of context, mechanism, and outcome configurations to test and develop that theory. We generated our program theory, drawing on the expertise of the researc

SUBMITTER: Mills R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10448286 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature