The use of social media among adolescents in Dar es Salaam and Mtwara, Tanzania

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 22, Issue 43, 2014, Pages 178-186

  Pfeiffer, Constanze ^a   Kleeb, Matthis ^a   Mbelwa, Alice ^a   Ahorlu, Collins ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b University of Ghana   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Adolescents and young people; Facebook; Sexual and reproductive health messages; Social media and networking; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; MOBILE PHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL HEALTH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; TANZANIA; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CELL PHONES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SCHOOLS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL MEDIA; TANZANIA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901790305     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: 14609576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(14)43756-X     Document Type: Article

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