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Lunch Hour Lecture: Tech to improve lives - the Contraception Choices website
06 February 2020, 1:00 pm–2:00 pm
This talk will explore women’s views and experiences of contraception, and the potential of digital health in promoting informed choice, showcasing the Contraception Choices website.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Availability
- Yes
Organiser
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Emma Hart
Location
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Darwin Lecture Theatre (entrance via Malet Place)Darwin BuildingGower StLondonWC1E 6BTUnited Kingdom
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About the lecture:
Unplanned pregnancy is very common, and control of fertility is vital in the fight against poverty, ill-health and climate change. Mobile technology has extraordinary world-wide reach, and can be an important tool for informed decision-making. Choosing and using contraception is difficult, and is influenced by knowledge, beliefs, partner and peer views, social expectations, and health care personnel. This talk will explore women’s views and experiences of contraception, and the potential of digital health in promoting informed choice, showcasing the Contraception Choices website, which was designed at UCL in collaboration with young women: www.contraceptionchoices.org.
About the Speaker
Julia Bailey
Senior Researcher at UCL eHealth Unit
Julia Bailey is a senior researcher at the UCL eHealth Unit, and a specialty doctor in community sexual health in South East London.Julia’s research focuses on the development and evaluation of digital technologies for sexual health. Her research explores the role of mobile phones and the Internet for sexual well-being, sexual difficulties, sexually transmitted infection and HIV, and contraception choice.