Design and evaluation of an Internet site to educate women with disabilities on reproductive health care.
Women with disabilities often do not receive adequate reproductive health care. In order to improve their health, they need to be better informed. The purpose of this pilot study was to determine if the Internet can effectively be used to educate women with disabilities about reproductive health. A...
| Published in: | Sexuality & Disability Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 71 - 84 |
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| Format: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Mar2001
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