Abstract:BackgroundFertility awareness based (FAB) contraceptive mobile applications (apps) rely on women logging their menstrual cycle data to predict non-fertile days. Paid social media advertisements for these apps have led to hundreds of thousands of downloads. This rapidly expanding market lacks quality assurance, reflective of wider issues surrounding innovation versus regulation of digital health interventions.AimTo present the results of a literature review carried out to bring together data on FAB contraceptiv… Show more
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