From the Classroom to Facebook: A Fresh Approach for Youth Tobacco Prevention

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 390-393

  Kousoulis, Antonis A ^a,b   Kympouropoulos, Stylianos P ^b,c   Pouli, Dimitra K ^b,d   Economopoulos, Konstantinos P ^b,e   Vardavas, Constantine I ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b Society of Junior Doctors   (Greece)

^c Istituto di Radiologia   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

facebook; health education; prevention research; smoking; students

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; FRIEND; GREECE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOBILIZATION; PREVENTION; SMOKING; STATISTICS; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ADULT; FEMALE; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SMOKING PREVENTION; SOCIAL MEDIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SMOKING PREVENTION; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84968816736     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: 21686602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0890117116646345     Document Type: Article

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