They Didn't Teach Us This in Sex Ed!
Jun 15, 2026 · 27 min · 7 segments
In this episode of The Didn't Teach Us This in Sex Ed podcast, we’re at the Fertility 2026 conference, where I managed to nab four experts for a quickie about their work, to give you a taste of what's…
Toby TriceGuestPodcast HostHostPaul FowlerGuest
Sugha MurugesuGuest
Bola GraceGuestSo Professor Bola Grace, thank you for agreeing to come along and tell me a wee bit about your work.
Um, so you're interested in reproductive health information online, right?
So I do a lot of work at intersection of reproductive health and digital health technologies, and one of my presentations here is about how we use social media for reproductive health information.
It's a rich resource, and people post their lived experiences, which might connect to people.
Secondly, those platforms are doing exactly what they're designed to do, which is to exploit emotions, outrage, for us to connect with that information.
So if you're going there to seek information or to see what others have gone through, it is your job to make sure that you're not responding emotionally, don't be emotive, and then pause and see, "Does this make sense?" And then look for reputable sources.
Yeah.
And the work that you've brought here today, what are the key messages or the key findings that you've discovered in your research?
Yeah, so we looked at 203 papers that have talked about any social media platform and reproductive health education, and less than a quarter, 23.1%, of those, uh, uh, studies reported [laughs] accurate information.
Wow
Misinformation is the most, which is people just post whatever without any scientific evidence.
Yeah.
So for people who are seeking information and they want to know more about their reproductive health, what would your advice be in terms of getting access to evidence-based, accurate information?
By the way, um, my little pet peeve here is that reproductive health organizations have s- a wealth of information, but we don't make the content digestible for the general public, so there's a lot of work for us to do-
Exactly
So Professor Bola Grace, thank you for agreeing to come along and tell me a wee bit about your work.
Um, so you're interested in reproductive health information online, right?
So I do a lot of work at intersection of reproductive health and digital health technologies, and one of my presentations here is about how we use social media for reproductive health information.
It's a rich resource, and people post their lived experiences, which might connect to people.
Secondly, those platforms are doing exactly what they're designed to do, which is to exploit emotions, outrage, for us to connect with that information.
So if you're going there to seek information or to see what others have gone through, it is your job to make sure that you're not responding emotionally, don't be emotive, and then pause and see, "Does this make sense?" And then look for reputable sources.
Yeah.
And the work that you've brought here today, what are the key messages or the key findings that you've discovered in your research?
Yeah, so we looked at 203 papers that have talked about any social media platform and reproductive health education, and less than a quarter, 23.1%, of those, uh, uh, studies reported [laughs] accurate information.
Wow
Misinformation is the most, which is people just post whatever without any scientific evidence.
Yeah.
So for people who are seeking information and they want to know more about their reproductive health, what would your advice be in terms of getting access to evidence-based, accurate information?
By the way, um, my little pet peeve here is that reproductive health organizations have s- a wealth of information, but we don't make the content digestible for the general public, so there's a lot of work for us to do-
Exactly
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