A Drive Through Web 2.0: An Exploration of Driving Safety Promotion on Facebook™

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 88-95

  Apatu, Emma J I ^a   Alperin, Melissa ^b   Miner, Kathleen R ^b   Wiljer, David ^c  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

health communication; health promotion; mass media; social marketing; young adult

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SAFETY; SOCIAL MEDIA; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAFETY; SOCIAL MEDIA; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872032107     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: 15526372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839911405845     Document Type: Article

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