Integrating psychological theory into the design of an online intervention for sexual health: The sexunzipped website

JMIR Research Protocols

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Carswell, Kenneth ^a   McCarthy, Ona ^b   Murray, Elizabeth ^b   Bailey, Julia V ^b  

^a CAMDEN AND ISLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Health behavior; Internet; Psychological theory; Sex education; Young adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 85053715503     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19290748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/resprot.2114     Document Type: Article

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