biostudies-literatureBenedict CNCI NIH HHSe20841https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7864768biostudies-literatureUnknown5(1)<h4>Background</h4>An important aspect of patient-centered care involves ensuring that patient-directed resources are usable, understandable, and responsive to patients' needs. A user-centered design refers to an empathy-based framework and an iterative design approach for developing a product or solution that is based on an in-depth understanding of users' needs, values, abilities, and limitations.<h4>Objective</h4>This study presents the steps taken to develop a prototype for a patient resource for young women who have completed treatment for gonadotoxic cancer to support their decision making about follow-up fertility care and family building.<h4>Methods</h4>User-centered design practices were used to develop Roadmap to Parenthood, a decision aid (DA) website for family building after cJMIR formative researchA Decision Aid Intervention for Family Building After Cancer: Developmental Study on the Initial Steps to Consider When Designing a Web-Based Prototype.PMC7864768K07 CA229186Dauber-Decker KLBenedict CHahn AFord JSKing DDiefenbach MfalseA Decision Aid Intervention for Family Building After Cancer: Developmental Study on the Initial Steps to Consider When Designing a Web-Based Prototype.<h4>Background</h4>An important aspect of patient-centered care involves ensuring that patient-directed resources are usable, understandable, and responsive to patients' needs. A user-centered design refers to an empathy-based framework and an iterative design approach for developing a product or solution that is based on an in-depth understanding of users' needs, values, abilities, and limitations.<h4>Objective</h4>This study presents the steps taken to develop a prototype for a patient resource for young women who have completed treatment for gonadotoxic cancer to support their decision making about follow-up fertility care and family building.<h4>Methods</h4>User-centered design practices were used to develop Roadmap to Parenthood, a decision aid (DA) website for family building after c2021-01-01T00:00:00Z2021 Jan2025-04-18T15:59:07.246Z2025-04-07T02:52:35.097ZS-EPMC78647683348084810.2196/20841