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Pilot Evaluation Of An Internet-Based Natural Family Planning Education And Service Program, Richard Jerome Fehring, Mary Schneider, Kathleen Raviele
Pilot Evaluation Of An Internet-Based Natural Family Planning Education And Service Program, Richard Jerome Fehring, Mary Schneider, Kathleen Raviele
College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications
Objective: To evaluate the efficacy, knowledge of fertility, and acceptability of a web-based natural family planning (NFP) education and service program.
Design: A 6-month repeated measure longitudinal evaluation pilot study.
Setting: A university based online website.
Participants: The website was piloted with 468 volunteer women seeking NFP services. Of these participants, 222 used the automatic online fertility charting system to avoid pregnancy. The 222 charting participants had a mean age of 29.9 years (SD=5.6), 2.2 children (SD=1.9), 37% were postpartum, and 47% had regular menstrual cycle lengths.
Intervention: Nurse-managed web-based NFP education and service program.
Outcomes: …