A systematic examination of the use of Online social networking sites for sexual health promotion

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Gold, Judy ^a,b   Pedrana, Alisa E ^a,b   Sacks Davis, Rachel ^a,b   Hellard, Margaret E ^a,b,c   Chang, Shanton ^c   Howard, Steve ^c   Keogh, Louise ^c   Hocking, Jane S ^c   Stoove, Mark A ^a,b  

^a BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

health promotion; sexual health; Social networking sites

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL MEDIA;

FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 79960559480     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-583     Document Type: Article

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