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Utilizing Technology for Longitudinal Communication With Homeless Youth.
- Source :
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Social Work in Health Care . Oct2014, Vol. 53 Issue 9, p865-882. 18p. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- The current study investigated forms of technology (phone calls, texts, email and Facebook) for maintaining contact with homeless youth over baseline, 1-week, 6-week, and 3-month follow-up interviews. The study combined quantitative tracking of youths’ response patterns and open-ended interviews regarding youths’ preferred methods of communication. Results indicate that maintaining communication with homeless youth requires persistence, including frequent contact attempts over several days. Cell phone contacts (calls or texts) were most successful in communicating with youth, with e-mail and Facebook messaging useful when phones were lost or stolen. Youth who maintained contact were strikingly similar to youth who discontinued contact. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *COMMUNICATION methodology
*HOMELESS persons
*INFORMATION technology
*INTERVIEWING
*LONGITUDINAL method
*RESEARCH methodology
*QUESTIONNAIRES
*TELEPHONES
*WIRELESS communications
*EMAIL
*PATIENT participation
*TEXT messages
*SOCIAL media
*REPEATED measures design
*HUMAN research subjects
*PARTICIPANT-researcher relationships
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00981389
- Volume :
- 53
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Social Work in Health Care
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 103905789
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00981389.2014.925532