Meet us on the phone: Mobile phone programs for adolescent sexual and reproductive health in low-to-middle income countries

Reproductive Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Ippoliti, Nicole B ^a   L'Engle, Kelly ^b  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; LMIC; mhealth; Mobile phones; Sexual and reproductive health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT HEALTH; AFRICA; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY PLANNING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MEDICAL ABORTION; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; MOBILE PHONE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; SEXUAL HEALTH; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TELEHEALTH; TEXT MESSAGING; ADOLESCENT; POVERTY; PROCEDURES; SAFE SEX; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; CELL PHONES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; POVERTY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SAFE SEX; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 85011908172     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12978-016-0276-z     Document Type: Review

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