A human-centered designed outreach strategy for a youth contraception navigator program.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify key elements of an outreach strategy for a youth contraception navigator program designed to help young people overcome barriers to contraception access.

Methods

A human-centered design approach was used to engage adolescents aged 15-17 in co-design sessions. Human-centered design techniques, such as affinity diagramming and model building were used to inform key elements of the communication model and the final outreach strategy messages.

Results

Messages focused on the individual, normalizing talking about birth control, acknowledging the challenges to obtaining birth control, explaining how the navigator program works resonate with young people. Having images of diverse participants, offering information about birth control, and showing images

SUBMITTER: Wilkinson TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9762731 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature