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The results of a study investigating which health issues women are willing to discuss with a virtual agent are presented, focusing on 108 risks related to maternal and child health. We find that women’s perceived importance of a health issue, along with general self-efficacy and comfort discussing the topic are significant predictors of whether they will address it.
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Ren, J., Bickmore, T., Hempstead, M., Jack, B. (2014). Birth Control, Drug Abuse, or Domestic Violence? What Health Risk Topics Are Women Willing to Discuss with a Virtual Agent?. In: Bickmore, T., Marsella, S., Sidner, C. (eds) Intelligent Virtual Agents. IVA 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 8637. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09767-1_46
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