U.S. Minority Homeless Youth’s Access to and Use of Mobile Phones: Implications for mHealth Intervention Design

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 725-733

  Jennings, Larissa ^a   Lee, Nicole ^a   Shore, Deborah ^b   Strohminger, Nancy ^c,d   Allison, Burgundi ^d   Conserve, Donaldson F ^e   Cheskin, Lawrence J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Sasha Bruce Youthwork   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d AIRS City Steps   (United States)

^e University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; MOBILE PHONE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CELL PHONES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; OWNERSHIP; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84970004143     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2015.1103331     Document Type: Article

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