Using chat and text technologies to answer sexual and reproductive health questions: Planned parenthood pilot study

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Giorgio, Margaret M ^a   Kantor, Leslie M ^b   Levine, Deborah S ^b   Arons, Whitney ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Planned Parenthood Federation of America ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion seekers; Emergency contraception; Instant messaging; Internet; Pregnancy; Public health; Reproductive health; Sexual health; Sexually transmitted diseases; Text messaging

Indexed keywords

ABORTION SEEKERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INSTANT MESSAGING; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL MEDIA; TELEMEDICINE; TEXT MESSAGING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; PROCEDURES;

ABORTION SEEKERS; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; INSTANT MESSAGING; INTERNET; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TEXT MESSAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEX EDUCATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; TELEMEDICINE; TEXT MESSAGING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887703724     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2619     Document Type: Article

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