Brief report: Methods for collecting sexual behaviour information from South African adolescents-a comparison of paper versus personal digital assistant questionnaires

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 353-359

  Jaspan, Heather B ^a   Flisher, Alan J ^b   Myer, Landon ^a   Mathews, Catherine ^a,c   Seebregts, Chris ^c   Berwick, Jessica R ^a   Wood, Robin ^a   Bekker, Linda Gail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adolescent sexual behaviour; Data collection methodology; Handheld computers; Measurement; Self administered interviews

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LANGUAGE; MALE; PAPER; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33947288653     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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