Exploring abortion attitudes of US adolescents and young adults using social media

Contraception

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 226-233

  Altshuler, Anna L ^a   Gerns Storey, Helen L ^a   Prager, Sarah W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion socialization; Attitude formation; Facebook recruitment; Internet research; Teen attitudes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ABORTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; SOCIAL MEDIA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNIC GROUP; GEOGRAPHY; INDUCED ABORTION; INFORMATION SEEKING; METHODOLOGY; PARENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CENSUSES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; MALE; PARENTS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL MEDIA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923477760     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: 18790518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2014.11.009     Document Type: Article

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