Improving sexually transmitted infection results notification via mobile phone technology

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 690-697

  Reed, Jennifer L ^a   Huppert, Jill S ^a   Taylor, Regina G ^a   Gillespie, Gordon L ^b   Byczkowski, Terri L ^a   Kahn, Jessica A ^a   Alessandrini, Evaline A ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Emergency medicine; Healthcare quality improvement; Sexually transmitted disease; Text messaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TEXT MESSAGING; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX RATIO; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CELL PHONES; CONFIDENTIALITY; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TEXT MESSAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908365099     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: 18791972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2014.05.004     Document Type: Article

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