Suicide prevention public service announcements: Perceptions of young adults

Crisis

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 247-254

  Klimes Dougan, Bonnie ^a   Lee, Chih Yuan Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Public service announcements (PSAs); Suicide prevention; Universal; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL MARKETING; STANDARD; STUDENT; SUICIDE; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MINNESOTA; POSTERS AS TOPIC; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL MARKETING; STUDENTS; SUICIDE; TELEVISION; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650255221     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000032     Document Type: Article

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