Quality of Information Available Online for Abortion Self-Referral.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the quality of information available online for abortion self-referral and to determine whether quality varies by region or distance to an abortion provider.

Methods

This was a cross-sectional study. We used a standard protocol to perform internet searches from August 2016 to June 2017 for abortion services in the 25 most populous U.S. cities and the 43 state capitals that were not one of the 25 most populous cities. We classified the first 10 webpage results and the first five map results and advertisements as facilitating abortion referral (local independent abortion provider, local Planned Parenthood facility, national abortion provider or organization, prochoice website, or abortion directory), not facilitating abortion referral (nonproviding physicia

SUBMITTER: Dodge LE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6249052 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature