Young people's perspectives on the use of reverse discourse in web-based sexual-health interventions

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1065-1079

  Davis, Wendy M ^a   Shoveller, Jean A ^a   Oliffe, John L ^a   Gilbert, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Internet; intervention; reverse discourse; sexual health; young people

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SHAME; SOCIAL STIGMA;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LANGUAGE; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SHAME; SOCIAL STIGMA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867265399     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2012.714800     Document Type: Article

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