Trust in Intimate Health Technologies
https://doi.org/10.5878/6y3e-b797
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.
Documentation files
Documentation files
Citation and access
Citation and access
Data access level:
Creator/Principal investigator(s):
Research principal:
Data contains personal data:
Yes
Type of personal data:
Data concerning a person’s health, sex life, and / or sexual orientation
Sensitive personal data:
Yes
Citation:
Method and outcome
Method and outcome
Data format/data structure:
Data collection - Web-based interview
Data collection - Web-based interview
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
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ROR
Source of the data:
- Population group
Geographic coverage
Geographic coverage
Geographic location:
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
Administrative information
Responsible department/unit:
Media Technology and Interaction Design
Other research principals:
Contributor(s):
- Jooyoung Park – KTH Royal Institute of Technology - Media Technology and Interaction Design
Ethical Review
Ethical Review
Reviewer:
- Swedish Ethical Review Authority
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ROR
Registration number:
2021-04517
Funding
Funding
Funding agency:
- Digital Futures
Award title:
Layering Trust in Intimate Health Technologies
Funding agency:
- ERC Consolidator Grant
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ROR
Award number:
101043637
Award title:
Intimate Touch: Developing Design Knowledge for when Technology Meets the Body
Topic and keywords
Topic and keywords
Swedish Standard Classification of Research Subjects 2025:
Publications
Publications
Citation:
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).
