Online Discussions With Pregnant and Parenting Adolescents: Perspectives and Possibilities

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 464-471

  Valaitis, Ruta K ^a   Sword, Wendy A ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

adolescence; communication; consumer participation; Internet; parenting; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; CANADA; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; ONTARIO; PARENTING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE;

EID: 33644682815     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839904263897     Document Type: Article

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