The hookup: Collaborative evaluation of a youth sexual health program using text messaging technology

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Sheoran, Bhupendra ^a   Braun, Rebecca A ^b   Gaarde, Jenna Patrice ^a   Levine, Deborah K ^a  

^a Internet Sexuality Information Services   (United States)

^b California Family Health Council   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; Mobile phone; Program evaluation; Sexual health; SMS; STDs; Text messaging; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018079530     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22915222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.3583     Document Type: Article

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