title: Secure e-mail applications: strengthening connections between adolescents, parents, and health providers.
abstract: Although e-mail has become a popular means of communication among consumers, particularly youth, available evidence suggests that current use of this modality to facilitate communication between consumers and their health providers is relatively modest. Historically, structural and legal issues have provided substantial impediments; however, new developments in providing secure and protected mechanisms for transmitting and delivering e-mail messages may pave the way to enhance use and improve communication.
authors.affiliation: Harlem Health Promotion Center, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 215 West 125th Street, Ground Floor, New York, NY 10027, USA. atc1@columbia.edu
authors.forename: Alwyn
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cohall
authors.forename: Carly
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hutchinson
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nye
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services; D016494:Computer Security / Q000191:economics; D003219:Confidentiality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D034742:Electronic Mail / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D010290:Parents; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'