Harnessing Social Media for Health Promotion and Behavior Change

By Holly Korda, Zena Itani. Health Promotion Practice, 2013

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Health, Sociology and Political Science

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Evidence on Digital Mental Health Interventions for Adolescents and Young People: Systematic Overview (2020, background): “Although these may have the potential to engage adolescents and young people and thus support traditional face-to-face treatment [54] and although social network sites, including gaming elements, are found to be promising in promoting changes in health-related behaviors [55,56], the quality of conte”
Young People, Social Media, Social Network Sites and Sexual Health Communication in Australia: "This is Funny, You Should Watch It" (2013, background): “Another consideration is that mobilizing social media and SNS for health communication needs to be supported by adequate resources to allow for staff technical training and ongoing monitoring to manage bullying and to provide up-to-date content (Korda & Itani, 2011).”
Empowering patients through social media: The benefits and challenges (2014, background): “Studies are needed to determine how the use of social media (1) affects understanding of health and illness, (2) promotes healthy behaviors, (3) affects personal health decision making, (4) affects how patients perceive their privacy and access to their information by others, and (5) impacts the rel”
eHealth Literacy and Web 2.0 Health Information Seeking Behaviors Among Baby Boomers and Older Adults (2015, positive): “Given that specific technologies and tools must be considered when attempting to examine the use of Web 2.0 in health promotion [56], we also examined whether use of discrete Web 2.0 tools (ie, social networking websites, Web-based support groups, blogs) was associated with eHealth literacy.”
Social Media Use for Health Purposes: Systematic Review (2021, background): “These reviews summarized social media as a tool for health interventions [7], health campaigns [8], medical education [9], disease outbreak surveillance [10], and health promotion and behavior change [11].”
Disinformation and social bot operations in the run up to the 2017 French presidential election (2017, neutral): “…Bastos, et al., 2014), political outreach (Bond, et al., 2012; Bakshy, et al., 2015), public health interventions (Centola, 2010; Dredze, 2012; Korda & Itani, 2013), or situational awareness (Sasaki, et al., 2010; Merchant, et al., 2011; Signorini, et al., 2011; Paul & Dredze, 2011),…”
The influence of social networking sites on health behavior change: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2015, background): “In parallel to general purpose SNSs like Facebook and Twitter, health-specific SNSs are also emerging.(6) Some are oriented towards patients with a specific chronic condition (eg, TuDiabetes), others are more general and open to patients with any chronic condition (eg, PatientsLikeMe), and a few oth”
Health promotion in the digital era: a critical commentary. (2015, background): “…and attempt to 'nudge' members of target groups to change their behaviour in the interests of their health [for recent examples, see (Crutzen and De Nooijer, 2011; Kratzke and Cox, 2012; Buhi et al., 2013; Chou et al., 2013; Korda and Itani, 2013; Epton et al., 2014; Smith et al., 2014)].”