{"title":"Mapping Pregnancy Resources Available Online to LGBTQIA+ Health Consumers","authors":"A. Pomputius, Margaret Ansell, Jane Morgan-Daniel","doi":"10.1080/15398285.2022.2136916","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract LGBTQIA+ people building families face many health service barriers, often turning to online consumer health information in addition to or instead of navigating heteronormative and cisnormative health care systems. This research evaluated available online resources about family building for LGBTQIA + health consumers, in order to improve awareness of quality resources among librarians, while also highlighting an existing information research and services gap. Librarians located resources that explicitly addressed pregnancy and assisted reproduction information needs of the LGBTQIA + community. Included resources focused on pregnancy and assisted reproduction; excluded resources focused on sexual health, contraception, or unwanted pregnancies. Identified resources were assessed by findability (ease of locating), readability, accessibility, understandability, actionability, and inclusivity.","PeriodicalId":44184,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4000,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15398285.2022.2136916","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Abstract LGBTQIA+ people building families face many health service barriers, often turning to online consumer health information in addition to or instead of navigating heteronormative and cisnormative health care systems. This research evaluated available online resources about family building for LGBTQIA + health consumers, in order to improve awareness of quality resources among librarians, while also highlighting an existing information research and services gap. Librarians located resources that explicitly addressed pregnancy and assisted reproduction information needs of the LGBTQIA + community. Included resources focused on pregnancy and assisted reproduction; excluded resources focused on sexual health, contraception, or unwanted pregnancies. Identified resources were assessed by findability (ease of locating), readability, accessibility, understandability, actionability, and inclusivity.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet is the only professional peer-reviewed journal devoted to locating consumer health information via the Internet. In this journal librarians and health information providers describe programs and services aimed at helping patients and the general public find the health information they need. From the Editor: "Studies have shown that health information is one of the major reasons that people worldwide access the Internet. As the amount of health information on the Web increases exponentially, it becomes critical that librarians-including public and medical librarians-be knowledgeable about what is available online and be able to direct users to reliable, accurate, quality information."