Effectiveness of web-based education on Kenyan and Brazilian adolescents' knowledge about HIV/AIDS, abortion law, and emergency contraception: Findings from TeenWeb

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 628-637

  Halpern, Carolyn Tucker ^b   Mitchell, Ellen M H ^a   Farhat, Tilda ^b   Bardsley, Phil ^b  

^a IPAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Brazil; Internet; Intervention; Kenya; Reproductive health; Schools; TeenWeb

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADOLESCENCE; CONTRACEPTIVE USE; EDUCATION; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; URBAN AREA; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ABORTION; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERNET; KENYA; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL EDUCATION; URBAN AREA; WEB BROWSER;

ABORTION, LEGAL; ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; BRAZIL; CONTRACEPTION, POSTCOITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNET; KENYA; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

AFRICA; BRAZIL; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; NAIROBI [KENYA]; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 47149093513     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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