Trust in Intimate Health Technologies

SND-ID: 2023-33-1. Version: 1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5878/6y3e-b797

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Natural Cycles interview guide.pdf (57.17 KB)

NC intervjuguide svenska.docx (20.29 KB)

Tillit Project-codes.xlsx (9.98 KB)

Citation

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Madeline Balaam - KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Media Technology and Interaction Design

Airi Lampinen - Stockholm University, Department of Computer and Systems Sciences

Research principal

Royal Institute of Technology - Media Technology and Interaction Design

Description

In 2022 a request to participate in a research interview about people's experiences of using Natural Cycles (a mobile phone application and digital thermometer) as a form of contraception was sent via Natural Cycles to English speaking, Spanish speaking, Swedish speaking and Finnish speaking subscribers of Natural Cycles who had been using Natural Cycles in Prevent mode for more than 6 months. Approx. 300 people responded to this request which resulted in 134 people scheduling and attending an online semi-structured interview. The interviews focus on three core themes - people's reasons for choosing Natural Cycles as a form of contraception and their history of use; people's experiences of using Natural Cycles and reasons they have for trusting or not Natural Cycles as a form of contraception; and people's experiences of sharing Natural Cycles and the data it collects with others (intimate partners, friends, healthcare professionals).

The data consists of 134 transcribed interviews in form of .doc files. 108 transcripts are in English, 1 Finnish, 12 Spanish and 13 in Swedish.

Data contains personal data

Yes

Sensitive personal data

Yes

Type of personal data

Data concerning a person’s health, sex life, and / or sexual orientation

Language

Method and outcome

Data format / data structure

Text

Data collection

Mode of collection: Web-based interview
Description of the mode of collection:
Semi structured interviews were conducted over a GDPR compliant instance of zoom hosted by KTH university. The majority of the interviews were conducted with video and audio streaming. Interviews lasted between 21 - 90 minutes. At the end of the interview demographic data was collected with each participant (age, gender, sexuality, relationship status, socio-economic status and employment status.)

At the end of the interview the video file generated by zoom was deleted. The remaining audio file was transcribed and any names and locations removed. The transcribed data was then coded using an inductive coding scheme.
Data collector: KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Source of the data: Population group

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: North America, Asia, Africa, Europe, South America, Oceania

Geographic description:
Interviews conducted with participants living in Europe 77
Interviews conducted with participants living in North America 31
Interviews conducted with participants living in South America 14
Interviews conducted with participants living in Oceania 4
Interviews conducted with participants living in Africa 3
Interviews conducted with participants living in Asia 1
Interviews conducted with participants living in an undisclosed location 2

Administrative information

Responsible department/unit

Media Technology and Interaction Design

Other research principals

Stockholm University

Contributor(s)

Jooyoung Park - KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Media Technology and Interaction Design

Marianela Ciolfi Felice - KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Media Technology and Interaction Design

Deepika Yadav - KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Media Technology and Interaction Design

Nadia Campo Woytuk - KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Media Technology and Interaction Design

Funding 1

Funding agency: Digital Futures
Project name on the application: Layering Trust in Intimate Health Technologies

Funding 2

Funding agency: ERC Consolidator Grant
Funding agency's reference number: 101043637
Project name on the application: Intimate Touch: Developing Design Knowledge for when Technology Meets the Body

Ethics Review

Swedish Ethical Review Authority - Ref. 2021-04517

Topic and keywords

Research area

Human computer interaction (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Other health sciences (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Keywords

Contraception behavior, Menstrual cycle, Natural family planning methods, Estrous cycle, Contraception, Interview study, Mobile apps, Qualitative research, Medical technology, Reproductive health, Contraceptive effectiveness, Natural cycles

Publications

Park, J. Y., Campo Woytuk, N., Yadav, D., Huang, X., Blanco Cardozo, R., Ciolfi Felice, M., Lampinen, A., & Balaam, M. (2023). Ambivalences in Digital Contraception : Designing for Mixed Feelings and Oscillating Relations. In DIS ’23: Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (pp. 416–430).
URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-223506
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3563657.3596062
SwePub: oai:DiVA.org:su-223506