Digital Health (04/19/26) Smith, Cambray; Frerichs, Leah; Allison, Bianca A.; et al.

A virtual training session for adolescent-serving clinicians in North Carolina included a dedicated module on supporting teens with online information. This module was highly feasible and well received, with immediate post-intervention ratings of acceptability (mean?4.6), appropriateness (4.7), and feasibility (4.6) on a 5-point scale, and 27 of 35 clinicians (77%) completing 4-month follow-up interviews. Participants demonstrated significant immediate and sustained improvements in knowledge, beliefs, self-efficacy, and self-reported counseling behaviors related to online contraceptive information. Qualitative feedback showed that clinicians valued the module and often adjusted their counseling practices or shared new resources with teens, though they noted barriers such as limited time and difficulty keeping up with rapidly changing social media content. They also recommended including concrete social media examples and a more user-friendly resource toolkit. Overall, the module showed strong feasibility and promising pilot outcomes, supporting its potential as an early intervention to enhance person-centered counseling about online contraceptive information.

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