Youth social action: Building a global latticework through information and communication technologies

Health Promotion International

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 363-371

  Lombardo, Charlotte ^a   Zakus, David ^a   Skinner, Harvey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community participation; Information and communication technologies (ICT); Social action; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CANADA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIENCE; GLOBAL YOUTH CONNECT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; JUSTICE; JUVENILE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TECHNOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; COMMUNICATION; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERVIEWS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; POLITICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 0036928765     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/17.4.363     Document Type: Article

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