In the works…
Social Media and Sexual-Reproductive Health Lab
In collaboration with Zoe Pleasure, Brooke Whitfield, and Laura Lindberg, SMaSH Lab (Social Media and Sexual-Reproductive Health Lab) is coming soon!
The SMaSH Lab advances sexual and reproductive health through innovative, interdisciplinary research on the role of social media in shaping knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors. We advance evidence on reproductive health information behaviors to inform empirically grounded interventions, policy, and education that promote health equity. This focus reflects the growing significance of digital platforms as key sources of health information, decision-making, and discourse.
Summary
Current CV
Selected works:
Understanding health information ecosystems, or ‘infospheres’, as a social determinant of reproductive health:
The Contents and Influence of the Perinatal Contraceptive Infosphere: A Narrative Review
Beyond Media Literacy: Patient-Clinician Dialogue Essentials
Dissertation research, Understanding r/abortion: A multi-method study of use of a Reddit-based community for abortion in 2022, supported by the Society of Family Planning Emerging Scholars Award, 2022-23 cohort:
From the team:
Adolescents and Young Adults’ Sources of Contraceptive Information
Association Between Distance to an Abortion Facility and Abortion or Pregnancy Outcome Among a Prospective Cohort of People Seeking Abortion Online (ANSIRH’s Google Ad Words Access study)
Provider Biases in the Provision of Contraception in Togo
Intersections of Technology and SRH in the US: Abortion Search Behaviors and Quality of Top Abortion Pill Webpages on Google, with the Wallace Center for MCAH Research
A conversation about male contraception. Listen in.
Get in touch
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Complete this contact form or send me an email directly at betsy_pleasants@med.unc.edu
