Ten Years of TeenHealthFX.com. A Case Study of an Adolescent Health Web Site.

Dina L.G. Borzekowski; Cathy McCarthy; Walter D. Rosenfeld

doi:10.1016/j.pcl.2012.03.018

Ten Years of TeenHealthFX.com. A Case Study of an Adolescent Health Web Site.

Dina L.G. Borzekowski, Cathy McCarthy, Walter D. Rosenfeld

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Abstract

The Internet, in contrast to in-person interactions with health providers, allows anonymous and nonpunitive ease of access. Adolescents have long sought honest, direct answers to important but embarrassing questions about health; emerging technologies provide a venue to obtain relevant information without geographic, time, financial, and personal barriers. This article is a case study of . TeenHealthFX.com. Those interested in how youth access online health information can learn of the positive and negative aspects of delivering messages through the Internet. This article discusses the process involved in creating and maintaining TeenHealthFX and the challenges of providing online health information to adolescents via new technology.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	717-727
Number of pages	11
Journal	Pediatric clinics of North America
Volume	59
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcl.2012.03.018
State	Published - Jun 2012
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Adolescents
Internet
Online health information
Web sites

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health

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