Potential for Using Online and Mobile Education with Parents and Adolescents to Impact Sexual and Reproductive Health

Prevention Science

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 53-60

  Guilamo Ramos, Vincent ^a   Lee, Jane J ^a   Kantor, Leslie M ^b   Levine, Deborah S ^b   Baum, Sarah ^a   Johnsen, Jennifer ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b New York University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Access to information; Adolescents; Online and mobile education; Sexual health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EDUCATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE PHONE; PARENT; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL EDUCATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CELL PHONES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEX EDUCATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893639804     PISSN: 13894986     EISSN: 15736695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11121-014-0469-z     Document Type: Article

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