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100 1 _aLands, Madison.
245 1 0 _a“Am I the only one who feels like this?”
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_bNeeds expressed online by abortion seekers /
_cMadison Lands, Emma Carpenter, Taryn Valley, Laura Jacques, Jenny Higgins.
300 _app. 103-111.
520 _aIn the United States, abortion is safe and common, but highly stigmatized and frequently targeted by legislation that aims to restrict access. Numerous obstacles impede access to abortion care, including logistical barriers like cost and transportation, limited clinic availability, and state-mandated waiting periods. Accurate abortion information can also be hard to access. To overcome these barriers, many people seeking abortion turn to anonymous online forums, including Reddit, for information and support. Examining this community provides a unique perspective on the questions, thoughts, and needs of people considering or undergoing an abortion. The authors web scraped 250 posts from subreddits that contain abortion-related posts, then coded deidentified posts using a combined deductive/inductive approach. The authors identified a subset of these codes in which users were giving/seeking information and advice on Reddit, then engaged in a targeted analysis of the needs expressed in these posts. Three interconnected needs emerged: (1) need for information, (2) need for emotional support, and (3) need for community around the abortion experience. In this study map the authors reflected these needs onto key social work practice areas and competencies; taken alongside support from social work’s governing bodies, this research suggests that social workers would be beneficial additions to the abortion care workforce.
538 _aMode of access: Internet.
700 1 _aCarpenter, Emma.
700 1 _aValley, Taryn.
700 1 _aJacques, Laura.
700 1 _aHiggins, Jenny.
773 0 _tSocial work :
_g2023, Vol. 68, No. 2
_x0037-8046 (print); 1545-6846 (online)
856 _uhttps://ezproxy01.ny.edu.hk:2078/10.1093/sw/swad011
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