Die meisten Tiktok -Videos über Geburtenkontrolle sind unzuverlässig, studieren die Studien. Über die Hälfte (53%) lehnte die hormonelle Geburtenkontrolle explizit ab, und 34% äußerten sich Misstrauen gegenüber Gesundheitsberufen oder medizinischen Beratung. Einige förderten sogar unbewiesene Alternativen wie Papaya -Samen oder Kokosöl als Kontrazeptiva.

I’ve linked to the press release in the post above. In this comment, for those interested, here’s the link to the peer reviewed journal article:

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/psrh.70025

From the linked article:

**Most TikTok videos about birth control are unreliable, study finds**

A new study published in Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health suggests that popular TikTok videos about contraception are often misleading, low in quality, and rarely created by medical professionals. Researchers found that these videos frequently promote “natural” methods over hormonal options and sometimes express distrust in healthcare providers—raising concerns about how social media may be influencing reproductive health decisions.

Videos from these non-clinical creators often promoted fertility awareness or cycle tracking methods. **Over half of all videos (53%) explicitly rejected hormonal birth control, and 34% expressed some level of distrust toward health professionals or medical advice**. Most of the creators expressing these views based them on personal experiences or anecdotal advice.

**Some videos went beyond standard methods to promote unproven alternatives such as papaya seeds or coconut oil as contraceptives**. These posts did not include evidence-based evaluations or warnings about risks.

Some people have contraindications for hormonal birth control and some don’t want to deal with the side effects, so I get rejecting it as a personal decision. I also understand distrust towards health professionals as a woman since a lot of issues don’t get taken seriously by a lot of health professionals.

What however seems crazy to me is that they then go for unverified alternatives from some rando on ticktock. How does anyone consider that more reliable?? Who gets medical advice on ticktock?!?

Morning glory seeds (although mildly toxic) and that one [plant](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silphium) the Romans drove to extinction would also probably work to some extent or another.