My Health in My Hands: Improving Medication Abortion Knowledge and Closing Disparities with a Community-Led Media Intervention
Purpose: Inaccurate beliefs about medication abortion (MA) are common. This study evaluated pilot data from a community-led media intervention designed to increase MA knowledge among Black and Latinx women in Georgia. Methods: Participants (N=855) viewed the intervention video and completed pre?post...
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Mary Ann Liebert
2024-02-01
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| author | Hayley V. McMahon Leslie Serrano Teja Vyavahare Indya Hairston Sequoia Ayala Zainab Jah Tiffany Hailstorks D?zon D. Diallo Elizabeth A. Mosley |
| author_facet | Hayley V. McMahon Leslie Serrano Teja Vyavahare Indya Hairston Sequoia Ayala Zainab Jah Tiffany Hailstorks D?zon D. Diallo Elizabeth A. Mosley |
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| description | Purpose: Inaccurate beliefs about medication abortion (MA) are common. This study evaluated pilot data from a community-led media intervention designed to increase MA knowledge among Black and Latinx women in Georgia.
Methods: Participants (N=855) viewed the intervention video and completed pre?post surveys. Data were analyzed using linear and logistic regression.
Results: Knowledge scores significantly increased from 3.88/5.00 to 4.47/5.00. Participants who were Native American, Asian and Pacific Islander, multiracial, Black, <20 years old, and living in Georgia scored below the sample mean at baseline; however, nearly all disparities disappeared after intervention exposure.
Conclusions: This intervention effectively increased MA knowledge and narrowed racial/ethnic, age-based, and geographic disparities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0d6d2cdceb6f46a286ff3625e7b1baf02024-03-01T04:00:28ZengMary Ann LiebertHealth Equity2473-12422024-02-018113814210.1089/HEQ.2023.0210My Health in My Hands: Improving Medication Abortion Knowledge and Closing Disparities with a Community-Led Media InterventionHayley V. McMahonLeslie SerranoTeja VyavahareIndya HairstonSequoia AyalaZainab JahTiffany HailstorksD?zon D. DialloElizabeth A. MosleyPurpose: Inaccurate beliefs about medication abortion (MA) are common. This study evaluated pilot data from a community-led media intervention designed to increase MA knowledge among Black and Latinx women in Georgia. Methods: Participants (N=855) viewed the intervention video and completed pre?post surveys. Data were analyzed using linear and logistic regression. Results: Knowledge scores significantly increased from 3.88/5.00 to 4.47/5.00. Participants who were Native American, Asian and Pacific Islander, multiracial, Black, <20 years old, and living in Georgia scored below the sample mean at baseline; however, nearly all disparities disappeared after intervention exposure. Conclusions: This intervention effectively increased MA knowledge and narrowed racial/ethnic, age-based, and geographic disparities.https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/HEQ.2023.0210medication abortionreproductive justicecommunity-led researchcommunity-based participatory researchhealth literacy |
| spellingShingle | Hayley V. McMahon Leslie Serrano Teja Vyavahare Indya Hairston Sequoia Ayala Zainab Jah Tiffany Hailstorks D?zon D. Diallo Elizabeth A. Mosley My Health in My Hands: Improving Medication Abortion Knowledge and Closing Disparities with a Community-Led Media Intervention Health Equity medication abortion reproductive justice community-led research community-based participatory research health literacy |
| title | My Health in My Hands: Improving Medication Abortion Knowledge and Closing Disparities with a Community-Led Media Intervention |
| title_full | My Health in My Hands: Improving Medication Abortion Knowledge and Closing Disparities with a Community-Led Media Intervention |
| title_fullStr | My Health in My Hands: Improving Medication Abortion Knowledge and Closing Disparities with a Community-Led Media Intervention |
| title_full_unstemmed | My Health in My Hands: Improving Medication Abortion Knowledge and Closing Disparities with a Community-Led Media Intervention |
| title_short | My Health in My Hands: Improving Medication Abortion Knowledge and Closing Disparities with a Community-Led Media Intervention |
| title_sort | my health in my hands improving medication abortion knowledge and closing disparities with a community led media intervention |
| topic | medication abortion reproductive justice community-led research community-based participatory research health literacy |
| url | https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/HEQ.2023.0210 |
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