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Mobile Technology for Improved Contraceptive Care in Morocco

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The fulfillment of unmet needs for contraception can help women reach their reproductive goals. Therefore, there is a growing concern worldwide about contraception and women’s knowledge of making an advised choice about it. In this aspect, an outgrown number of apps are now available providing information concerning contraception whether it concerns natural contraception or modern contraception. However, vast amounts of these apps contain inaccurate sexual health facts and non-evidence-based information concerning contraception. On these bases, and in respect to: (1) the needs of women to effectively prevent unintended pregnancies while conducting a stress-free healthy lifestyle. (2) the World Health Organization (WHO) Medical Eligibility Criteria (MEC) for contraception’s recommendations, and (3) the results/recommendations of a field study conducted in the reproductive health center ‘Les Orangers’ in Rabat to collect the app’s requirements, we developed an evidence-based patient-centered contraceptive app referred to as ‘MyContraception’. Thereafter, we conducted a set of functional tests to ensure that the MyContraception solution is performing as expected and is conform to the software functional requirements previously set before moving to non-functional requirements evaluation. Since customer’s feedback is valuable to non-functional testing, we choose to evaluate potential users’ feedback. Moreover, giving that mobile app testing is a complex process involving different skill sets, we elaborated a rigorous experimental design to conduct an empirical evaluation of the MyContraception solution, which will exhaustively assess the overall quality of this solution and examine its effects on improving the quality of patient-centered contraception care.

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Notes

  1. According to the WHO, women of reproductive age refers to all women aged 15–49 years.

  2. According to the CDC, both the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the North American Menopause Society recommend that women continue contraceptive use until menopause or age 50–55 years.

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  1. Software Project Management Research Team, Department of Web and Mobile Engineering, ENSIAS, Mohamed V University in Rabat, Rabat, Morocco

    Manal Kharbouch, Ali Idri, Taoufik Rachad & Youssef Stelate

  2. MSDA, University Mohammed VI Polytechnic, Ben Guerir, Morocco

    Ali Idri

  3. Faculty of Medicine, University Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco

    Hassan Alami

  4. Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, 70808, USA

    Leanne Redman

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Kharbouch, M., Idri, A., Rachad, T. et al. Mobile Technology for Improved Contraceptive Care in Morocco. J Med Syst 45, 16 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-020-01684-6

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