Evaluating Barrier-Free Access to Teen Health Information on the Web
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Background. With the help of teens in Nova Scotia, Dalhousie medical students have designed pages on the Internet to provide information on sexual and reproductive health issues that face young people today. In December 1995, the Teen Health Web Site (http://chebucto.ns.ca/Health/TeenHealth/index.html) was launched on the Chebucto Community Net, a nonprofit organization which provides free Internet services in public locations and private homes.
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