Public health interventions: Reaching Latino adolescents via short message service and social media

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Vyas, Amita N ^a   Landry, Megan ^a   Schnider, Marisa ^b   Rojas, Angela M ^a   Wood, Susan F ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Program Evaluation   (United States)

^c Jacobs Institute for Women's Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Health behavior; Latinos; Public health interventions; Short message service; SMS; Social media

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL MEDIA; TEXT MESSAGING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL MEDIA; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84868009683     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2178     Document Type: Article

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