Co-design of a digital health intervention to provide pharmacy-based, person-centered contraceptive decision support for youth in Kenya
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Authors
- Elizabeth K. Harrington (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8196-069X)
- Ouma Congo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6830-913X)
- Merceline Awuor
- Lisa Orii (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6490-4776)
- Serah Gitome (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3371-4213)
- Dr Richard Anderson
- Cellestine Aoko
- Elizabeth A. Bukusi
- Christine Dehlendorf
- Nelson K. Cheruiyot (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5436-3102)
Institutions
- University of Washington (US)
- University of California System (US)
- Kenya Medical Research Institute (KE)
- Oldham Council (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLOS Global Public Health
- Published
- 2026-09-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0007335
- Primary Topic
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development