Analysis of online social networking peer health educators

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 181, Issue , 2012, Pages 253-259

  Young, Sean D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

health behaviour change; Online social networking technologies; peer leader intervention

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING; SURVEYS;

BEHAVIOUR CHANGES; HEALTH INFORMATIONS; HEALTH INTERVENTIONS; ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKINGS; PEER LEADERS; REPEATED MEASURES; SOCIAL NETWORKING TECHNOLOGIES; TRAINING SESSIONS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH EDUCATOR; HISPANIC; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MANPOWER; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH EDUCATORS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84872036944     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-121-2-253     Document Type: Article

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