Attitudes informing the use of technologies by the youth health workforce to improve young people's wellbeing: Understanding the nature of the "digital disconnect"

Youth Studies Australia

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 14-24

  Blanchard, Michelle ^a   Herrman, Helen ^b   Frere, Marion ^c   Burns, Jane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Mental Health and Community Wellbeing   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 84864910030     PISSN: 10382569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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