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This project sought to understand how women transitioning from incarceration, a time of extreme vulnerability to health problems and mortality, find health information online and which sources they trust and use. We conducted semi-structured interviews by telephone or in person with 74 previously incarcerated women from September 2019 to May 2020. We performed qualitative, thematic analysis of the interviews. Most of our participants used the internet to search for health information and were enthusiastic about the speed and ease of online health information. Perceptions of reliability of the information and whether they would recommend it to friends and family varied. Many participants wanted additional reliable sources of health information and ways to verify the online health information. Findings may be used to develop digital health literacy interventions that this vulnerable group of women need for transitioning back into communities and everyday life.
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Interoperability in a Post- Roe Era: Sustaining Progress While Protecting Reproductive Health Information
This Viewpoint proposes a solution to better safeguard reproductive health information in patient records that are now more complete owing to the interoperability of health information exchange networks.
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- Award ID(s):
- 2200255
- PAR ID:
- 10427610
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- JAMA
- Volume:
- 328
- Issue:
- 17
- ISSN:
- 0098-7484
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 1703
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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- Journal Article:
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2022.17204
