Promoting Parent-Child Sexual Health Dialogue with an Intergenerational Game: Parent and Youth Perspectives

Games for Health Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 113-122

  D'Cruz, Jina ^a   Santa Maria, Diane ^a   Dube, Sara ^a   Markham, Christine ^a   McLaughlin, Jeffrey ^b   Wilkerson, Johnny M ^a   Peskin, Melissa F ^a   Tortolero, Susan ^a   Shegog, Ross ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b Radiant Creative Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOFTWARE DESIGN; TEXAS; VIDEO GAME;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOFTWARE DESIGN; TEXAS; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84992730912     PISSN: 2161783X     EISSN: 21617856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/g4h.2014.0080     Document Type: Article

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