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The development of a multi-criteria decision analysis aid to help with contraceptive choices: My Contraception Tool
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  1. Rebecca S French1,
  2. Frances M Cowan2,
  3. Kaye Wellings3,
  4. Jack Dowie4
  1. 1Senior Lecturer in Sexual and Reproductive Health, Department of Social and Environmental Health Research, Faculty of Public Health & Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
  2. 2Reader in Genitourinary Medicine, Department of Research and Population Health, University College London, London, UK and The Centre for Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Research (CeSHHAR), Harare, Zimbabwe
  3. 3Professor of Sexual and Reproductive Health Research, Department of Social and Environmental Health Research, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
  4. 4Professor Emeritus of Health Impact Analysis, Department of Social and Environmental Health Research, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Rebecca S French, Department of Social and Environmental Health Research, Faculty of Public Health & Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, 15–17 Tavistock Place, London WC1H 9SH, UK; Rebecca.French{at}lshtm.ac.uk

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My Contraception Tool (MCT) applies the principles of multi-criteria decision analysis to the choice of contraceptive method. Its purpose is to make the decision-making process transparent to the user and to suggest a method to them based on their own preferences. The contraceptive option that emerges as optimal from the analysis takes account of the probability of a range of outcomes and the relative weight ascribed to them by the user. The development of MCT was a collaborative project between London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Brook, FPA and Maldaba Ltd. MCT is available online via the Brook and FPA websites. In this article we describe MCT's development and how it works. Further work is needed to assess the impact it has on decision quality and contraceptive behaviour.

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https://doi.org/10.1136/jfprhc-2013-100699

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      BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health 2014; 40 79-79 Published Online First: 19 Mar 2014. doi: 10.1136/jfprhc-2014-100920