Clinician recommendations for effectively incorporating digital information into person-centered contraceptive counseling with adolescents
Abstract
Background Adolescents frequently encounter contraceptive information of varying quality online, and many struggle to discern trustworthy claims given limited knowledge and prevalent misinformation. Clinicians often lack strategies to communicate effectively about online information—or patients’ digital infospheres —in clinical encounters, impeding person-centered contraceptive counseling. Objective Synthesize recommendations from adolescent-serving clinicians about how to effectively communicate about online information during contraceptive counseling. Design Secondary analysis of qualitative data. Methods We conducted a hybrid inductive-deductive descriptive analysis of semi-structured interview data organized using the 3 Cs Framework for Addressing Health Misinformation and additional inductive codes. Results Participating clinician experts in adolescent sexual and reproductive health (N=24) shared recommendations and suggested scripted language to promote the additional step of Curiosity as precursor to the existing 3 Cs of Compassionate understanding, Connection , and Collaboration . Conclusion This guidance from expert clinicians can be used to improve person-centered counseling for adolescents in the digital age.
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BibTeX
@article{phd2026clinician,
title = {{Clinician recommendations for effectively incorporating digital information into person-centered contraceptive counseling with adolescents}},
author = {Cambray Smith PhD and Elizabeth Pleasants DrPH, MPH and Sarah Rebbeor MS and Kavita Shah Arora MD, MBE, MS and Christine Dehlendorf MD, MAS and Bianca A. Allison MD, MPH},
journal = {Women's Health},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.1177/17455057261500960},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1177/17455057261500960},
note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Clinician recommendations for effectively incorporating digital information into person-centered contraceptive counseling with adolescents
AU - Cambray Smith PhD
AU - Elizabeth Pleasants DrPH, MPH
AU - Sarah Rebbeor MS
AU - Kavita Shah Arora MD, MBE, MS
AU - Christine Dehlendorf MD, MAS
AU - Bianca A. Allison MD, MPH
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/24
JO - Women's Health
DO - 10.1177/17455057261500960
UR - https://doi.org/10.1177/17455057261500960
AB - Background Adolescents frequently encounter contraceptive information of varying quality online, and many struggle to discern trustworthy claims given limited knowledge and prevalent misinformation. Clinicians often lack strategies to communicate effectively about online information—or patients’ digital infospheres —in clinical encounters, impeding person-centered contraceptive counseling. Objective Synthesize recommendations from adolescent-serving clinicians about how to effectively communicate about online information during contraceptive counseling. Design Secondary analysis of qualitative data. Methods We conducted a hybrid inductive-deductive descriptive analysis of semi-structured interview data organized using the 3 Cs Framework for Addressing Health Misinformation and additional inductive codes. Results Participating clinician experts in adolescent sexual and reproductive health (N=24) shared recommendations and suggested scripted language to promote the additional step of Curiosity as precursor to the existing 3 Cs of Compassionate understanding, Connection , and Collaboration . Conclusion This guidance from expert clinicians can be used to improve person-centered counseling for adolescents in the digital age.
SN - 1745-5065
ER -