Mobile phone interventions for adolescent sexual and reproductive health: A systematic review

Pediatrics

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  L'Engle, Kelly L ^a   Mangone, Emily R ^b   Parcesepe, Angela M ^c   Agarwal, Smisha ^b,d   Ippoliti, Nicole B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

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

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

^e FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PARENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADOPTION; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; MOBILE PHONE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEXT MESSAGING; VACCINATION; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HIV INFECTIONS; PROCEDURES; SAFE SEX; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TELEMEDICINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; CELL PHONES; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CONTRACEPTION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SAFE SEX; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TELEMEDICINE; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84985995285     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2016-0884     Document Type: Review

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