What's in a message? Delivering sexual health promotion to young people in Australia via text messaging

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Gold, Judy ^a,b   Lim, Megan Sc ^a   Hellard, Margaret E ^a,b,c   Hocking, Jane S ^c   Keogh, Louise ^c  

^a BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOBILE PHONE; RECORDING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CELLULAR PHONE; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TAPE RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650586869     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-792     Document Type: Article

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