Published on in Vol 5 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/72771, first published .
Using Natural Language Processing to Describe the Use of an Online Community for Abortion During 2022: Dynamic Topic Modeling Analysis of Reddit Posts

Using Natural Language Processing to Describe the Use of an Online Community for Abortion During 2022: Dynamic Topic Modeling Analysis of Reddit Posts

Using Natural Language Processing to Describe the Use of an Online Community for Abortion During 2022: Dynamic Topic Modeling Analysis of Reddit Posts

Elizabeth Pleasants   1, 2 , DrPH, MPH ;   Ndola Prata   3 , MD, MSc ;   Ushma D Upadhyay   4 , PhD, MPH ;   Cassondra Marshall   1 , DrPH, MPH ;   Coye Cheshire   5 , PhD, MA

1 School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States

2 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

3 Bixby Center for Population, Health, and Sustainability, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States

4 Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States

5 School of Information, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States

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  • Elizabeth Pleasants, DrPH, MPH
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