The use of social networking platforms for sexual health promotion: Identifying key strategies for successful user engagement Health behavior, health promotion and society

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Veale, Hilary J ^a   Sacks Davis, Rachel ^a,b   Weaver, Emma Rn ^a   Pedrana, Alisa E ^a,b   Stoové, Mark A ^a,b   Hellard, Margaret E ^a,b,c  

^a BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Facebook; Health promotion; Internet; Sexual health; Social networking sites; Twitter

Indexed keywords

FRIEND; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC FIGURE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK;

COMMUNICATION; FAMOUS PERSONS; FRIENDS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING;

EID: 84961518180     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1396-z     Document Type: Article

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