A Systematic Review of Apps using Mobile Criteria for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention (mCAPP).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adolescents in the United States and globally represent a high-risk population for unintended pregnancy, which leads to high social, economic, and health costs. Access to smartphone apps is rapidly increasing among youth, but little is known about the strategies that apps employ to prevent pregnancy among adolescents and young adults. Further, there are no guidelines on best practices for adolescent and young adult pregnancy prevention through mobile apps.

Objective

This review developed a preliminary evaluation framework for the assessment of mobile apps for adolescent and young adult pregnancy prevention and used this framework to assess available apps in the Apple App Store and Google Play that targeted adolescents and young adults with family planning and preg

SUBMITTER: Chen E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5122721 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature