Finding Teens in TheirSpace: Using Social Networking Sites to Connect Youth to Sexual Health Services

Lauren Ralph1, Nancy F. Berglas1, Sarah L. Schwartz1, Claire D. Brindis2
1Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, University of California, San Francisco, 3333 California Street, Suite 265, San Francisco, CA, 94143-0936, USA
2National Adolescent Health Information and Innovation Center, University of California, San Francisco, 3333 California Street, Suite 245, San Francisco, CA, 94143-0503, USA

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