A Systematic Review of Social Networking Sites: Innovative Platforms for Health Research Targeting Adolescents and Young Adults

Park, Bu Kyung; Calamaro, Christina J.

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“…Few studies were focused on other high-risk populations such as IDUs, sex workers, and women. This finding is consistent with Park et al, 2013, who found minimal research on the use of SNS targeting youth/young adults [37]. It is important to include research on the broader populations affected by HIV, as each subgroup has their own unique cultural and social issues that might respond to programs, platforms, and interventions in different and unexpected ways.…”

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A review of social media technologies across the global HIV care continuum

Garett¹,

Smith

Young

2016

Current Opinion in Psychology

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HIV remains one of the main health global threats of the 21st century. There is a great need to reach HIV at-risk and HIV+ populations across the HIV care continuum to improve HIV prevention, testing, and treatment. New technologies, such as Social Media (SM) and Social Networking Sites (SNS) have shown early promise in HIV research studies. To assess the state of research on the use of SM/SNSs across the HIV continuum, we conducted a systematic literature review on HIV-related research using SM during the last 10 years. A total of 44 papers were identified, of which 17 (38.6%) were classified as intervention studies and 19 (61.3%) as observational. The focus areas of the studies was evenly distributed between outreach outreach/recruitment (n=15, 34.1%), surveillance/observation (n=13, 29.5%) and prevention/treatment (n=16, 36.4%). Researchers engaged the community through Facebook (n=26, 59.1%), multiple-platforms (n=13, 29.5%), or one of several geo-social networking sites (n=10, 22.7%). Studies primarily targeted MSM (n=24, 54.5%) and youth (n=13, 29.5%) with little research focused on HIV+ populations (n=5, 11.4%). The current state of the field, trends, and limitations of this work are discussed.

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A review of social media technologies across the global HIV care continuum

Garett¹,

Smith

Young

2016

Current Opinion in Psychology

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“…Although the use of Facebook for recruitment purposes is on the rise, there are limited reports of the success of this method of recruitment for studies of adolescents. Two recent systematic reviews examining the use of Facebook as a recruitment tool in adolescent health research found that Facebook has the potential to reach a wide audience [3,20]. However, neither review described specific cost savings or comparative benefits over traditional methods.…”

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Recruitment of adolescents for a smoking study: use of traditional strategies and social media

Rait

Prochaska

Rubinstein

2015

Behav. Med. Pract. Policy Res.

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Engaging and retaining adolescents in research studies is challenging. Social media offers utility for expanding the sphere of research recruitment. This study examined and compared traditional and Facebook-based recruitment strategies on reach, enrollment, cost, and retention. Substance users aged 13-17 years were recruited through several methods, including social media, a study website, fliers, talks in schools, bus ads, and referrals. Study involvement included a one-time visit and semiannual follow-up surveys. 1265 individuals contacted study personnel; 629 were ineligible; 129 declined; and 200 participants enrolled. Facebook drew the greatest volume but had a high rate of ineligibles. Referrals were the most successful and cost-effective ($7 per enrolled participant); school talks were the least. Recruitment source was unrelated to retention success. Facebook may expand recruitment reach, but had greater financial costs and more ineligible contacts, resulting in fewer enrollees relative to traditional interpersonal recruitment methods. Referrals, though useful for study engagement, did not provide a differential benefit in terms of long-term retention.

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“…It is likely that having parent-child communication prompted by that social media reference would be important at that time. Preliminary work has explored communication strategies for these encounters and potential intervention opportunities Park & Calamaro, 2013;Whitehill, Brockman, & Moreno, 2013). However, further work is needed to understand how this knowledge can be translated into clinical practice or educational interventions appropriate to different settings, such as schools, clinics or universities (George, Rovniak, & Kraschnewski, 2013).…”

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Social Media and Alcohol: Summary of Research, Intervention Ideas and Future Study Directions

Moreno

D’Angelo

Whitehill³

2016

MaC

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Alcohol content is frequently displayed on social media through both user-generated posts and advertisements. Previous work supports that alcohol content on social media is influential and often associated with offline behaviors for adolescents and young adults. Social media may have a role in future alcohol intervention efforts including identifying those at risk or providing timely prevention messages. Future intervention efforts may benefit from an affordance approach rather than focusing on a single platform.

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A Systematic Review of Social Networking Sites: Innovative Platforms for Health Research Targeting Adolescents and Young Adults

Abstract: The evidence demonstrates the usefulness of SNS as innovative platforms for health promotion among adolescents and young adults.

Cited by 96 publications

References 42 publications

A review of social media technologies across the global HIV care continuum

A review of social media technologies across the global HIV care continuum

Recruitment of adolescents for a smoking study: use of traditional strategies and social media

Social Media and Alcohol: Summary of Research, Intervention Ideas and Future Study Directions

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