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ArticleJMIR human factors2025

A Health Professional Mentorship Platform to Improve Equitable Access to Abortion: Development, Usability, and Content Evaluation.

Abdul-Fatawu Abdulai, Cam Duong, Eleni Stroulia, Efrat Czerniak, Rachel Chiu, Aashay Mehta, Ken Koike, Wendy V Norman

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Article in JMIR human factors, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Abdul-Fatawu AbdulaiSchool of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-9395-8642
Cam DuongSchool of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-9964-9894
Eleni StrouliaComputing Science, Faculty of Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-8784-8236
Efrat CzerniakSchool of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-4941-4135
Rachel ChiuCognitive Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.ORCID 0009-0000-6340-0771
Aashay MehtaSchool of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.ORCID 0009-0006-2784-2488
Ken KoikeThe Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada.ORCID 0009-0005-5938-7048
Wendy V NormanDepartment of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-4340-7882

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Access to safe abortion care is a reproductive right for all individuals across Canada. Underserved populations are overrepresented among those with unintended pregnancies and particularly those seeking abortion. Yet, few resources exist to help health care and allied helping professionals provide culturally competent and gender-affirming abortion care to such a population group. Objective: This project aimed to redesign and adapt an existing subscription-based medication abortion mentorship platform into a culturally appropriate and gender-affirming open-access website of curated health professional resources to promote equitable, accessible, high-quality abortion care, particularly for underserved populations. Methods: We drew on a user-centered design framework to redesign the web platform in 5 iterative phases. Health care and allied helping professionals were engaged in each stage of the development process including the initial design of the platform, curation of the resources, review of the content, and evaluation of the wireframes and the end product. Results: This project resulted in an open-access bilingual (English and French) web-based platform containing comprehensive information and resources on abortion care for health care providers (physicians, nurse practitioners, and pharmacists) and allied helping professionals (midwives, medical officers, community workers, and social workers). The website incorporated information on clinical, logistical, and administrative guidance, including culturally competent and gender-affirming toolkits that could equip health care professionals with the requisite knowledge to provide abortion care for underserved populations. Conclusions: This platform contains resources that can increase the competencies of health care professionals to initiate and sustain culturally and contextually appropriate abortion care for underserved groups while clarifying myths and misconceptions that often militate against initiating abortion. Our resource also has the potential to support equitable access to high-quality abortion care, particularly for those among underserved populations who may have the greatest unmet need for abortion services yet face the greatest barriers to accessing care.

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Abortion, InducedHealth PersonnelHealth Services AccessibilityMentorsCanadaFemaleHumansPregnancyabortionaccessibilityCanadaequitableframeworkgender-affirmingmedication abortionmifepristoneopen-access websiteunderserved populationsunwanted pregnancyuser-centereduser-centered designweb-based platform

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PMID39969819
PMCPMC11864088

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