Table 3.
Awareness, uptake, and training needs for sexual and reproductive health mobile apps from participants in a global values and preferences survey.
| Sexual health mobile app |
Reproductive health mobile app |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Question | Healthcare provider | Lay person | Healthcare provider | Lay person |
| Awareness | ||||
| Aware of and where to access it | 169 (47.3%) | 176 (41.7%) | 199 (56.1%) | 226 (53.8%) |
| Aware of but not where to access | 105 (29.4%) | 117 (27.7%) | 95 (26.8%) | 96 (22.9%) |
| Not aware of | 83 (23.2%) | 129 (30.6%) | 61 (17.2%) | 98 (23.3%) |
| Usage | ||||
| Have ever used | 42 (12.2%) | 46 (12.7%) | 60 (17.6%) | 74 (20.4%) |
| Have used in past 3-months | 12 (3.5%) | 10 (2.8%) | 24 (7.0%) | 10 (2.8%) |
| Never used | 227 (66.0%) | 219 (60.3%) | 195 (57.2%) | 185 (51.1%) |
| Top factors for deciding to use | ||||
| Privacy and confidentiality | 110 (41.0%) | 65 (42.2%) | 109 (40.8%) | 65 (42.5%) |
| Lack of judgment | 61 (22.8%) | 30 (19.5%) | 58 (21.7%) | 29 (19.0%) |
| Empowerment | 78 (29.1%) | 37 (24.0%) | 83 (31.1%) | 38 (24.8%) |
| Convenience | 134 (50.0%) | 71 (46.1%) | 135 (50.6%) | 70 (45.8%) |
| Accessibility | 134 (50.0%) | 83 (53.9%) | 134 (50.2%) | 83 (54.2%) |
| Healthcare provider perspectives | ||||
| Ever provide a referral/information | ||||
| Yes | 103 (34.3%) | 106 (35.2%) | ||
| No | 123 (41.0%) | 120 (39.9%) | ||
| Not available where I live | 16 (5.3%) | 17 (5.6%) | ||
| Unrelated to my job | 60 (20.0%) | 60 (19.9%) | ||
| Information/training needs | ||||
| Feel confident and informed | 118 (40.8%) | 124 (42.6%) | ||
| Need more information | 137 (47.4%) | 133 (45.7%) | ||
| Need more training | 45 (15.6%) | 44 (15.1%) | ||