How community matters for how people interact with information: Mixed methods study of young men who have sex with other men

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Veinot, Tiffany Christine ^a   Meadowbrooke, Chrysta Cathleen ^a   Loveluck, Jimena ^b   Hickok, Andrew ^a   Bauermeister, Jose Artruro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b HIV/AIDS Resource Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Consumer health informatics; Health informatics; HIV AIDS; Incidental information acquisition; Information seeking; Information sharing; Information use; Mixed methods; Relevance; Social networks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERNET; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELEMEDICINE;

HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELEMEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877245102     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2370     Document Type: Article

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