Digital divide: Variation in internet and cellular phone use among women attending an urban sexually transmitted infections clinic

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 122-128

  Samal, Lipika ^a   Hutton, Heidi E ^a   Erbelding, Emily J ^a   Brandon, Elizabeth S ^a   Finkelstein, Joseph ^a   Chander, Geetanjali ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular phone; Internet use; Sexually transmitted infections; SMS; Text message; Women's Health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE PHONE; PATIENT EDUCATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BALTIMORE; CELLULAR PHONE; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77249160137     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-009-9415-y     Document Type: Article

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