Pregnant women's use of information and communications technologies to access pregnancy-related health information in South Australia

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 308-312

  Rodger, D ^a   Skuse, A ^a   Wilmore, M ^a   Humphreys, S ^a   Dalton, J ^a,b   Flabouris, M ^a   Clifton, V L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

app; health communication; health promotion; Internet; mobile phone; smartphone; website

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; CELLULAR PHONE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887969627     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: 18367399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY13029     Document Type: Article

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