SPHERE CRE Webinar: Decisions, Trade-offs and Trust: Understanding Contraceptive and Hormonal Medication Choices

Decisions, Trade-offs and Trust: Understanding Contraceptive and Hormonal Medication Choices

Choosing a contraceptive method or hormonal medication is rarely a straightforward decision. People's choices are influenced by a range of factors, including personal preferences, health goals, experiences with healthcare providers, perceived risks and benefits, and information accessed through online platforms and social media. As online and social media information continues to expand, understanding how people make decisions about contraception and hormonal medications is increasingly important for clinicians, researchers and policymakers.

Join us for a webinar with Professor Jennifer Hall, Professor of Reproductive Health at the UCL Institute for Women's Health and Co-Director of the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Reproductive Health in England.

An internationally recognised expert in reproductive health, Professor Hall's research focuses on contraception, pregnancy intention, preconception health and reproductive decision-making. She is particularly known for her work on the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy (LMUP) and the Desire to Avoid Pregnancy (DAP) Scale. In this presentation, Professor Hall will share findings from the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Reproductive Health's project, Understanding Contraceptive Attitudes and Decision Making.

This innovative study adapted photovoice methods to explore how online information and social media influence contraceptive decision-making and attitudes towards hormonal medications. Professor Hall’s presentation will provide valuable insights into the role of trust, information sources and lived experience in shaping reproductive health decisions, with implications for policy, practice and service delivery.

Following the presentation, attendees will have the opportunity to participate in a live Q&A session.

About the speaker:

Professor Jennifer Hall is Professor of Reproductive Health at the UCL Institute for Women's Health and Co-Director of the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Reproductive Health in England. A mixed-methods researcher with expertise in quantitative, qualitative and psychometric methods, her research focuses on contraception, pregnancy intention, preconception health and reproductive decision-making.

Professor Hall is internationally recognised for her work on the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy (LMUP) and the Desire to Avoid Pregnancy (DAP) Scale. Her current research examines contraceptive attitudes and decision-making, reductive health data and linkage and measurement in reproductive health, with the aim of improving reproductive autonomy, services and outcomes in the UK and internationally.

In this webinar she will present findings from the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Reproductive Health’s project ‘Understanding Contraceptive Attitudes and Decision Making’, a novel study that has adapted photovoice methods to explore how online information and social media are influencing contraceptive decisions.