Recruiting online: Lessons from a longitudinal survey of contraception and pregnancy intentions of young Australian women

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 181, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 737-746

  Harris, Melissa L ^a   Loxton, Deborah ^a   Wigginton, Britta ^b   Lucke, Jayne C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

cohort studies; contraception; epidemiologic methods; recruitment; representativeness; social media; young women

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTRACEPTIVE USE; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MEDIA INDUSTRY; PREGNANCY; RECRUITMENT (EMPLOYMENT); WOMENS HEALTH; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL HEALTH; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ADVERTIZING; AUSTRALIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; PATIENT SELECTION; PROCEDURES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AUSTRALIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; AUSTRALIA; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL MEDIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929590052     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwv006     Document Type: Article

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