Open access: remember the limitations of abstracts and the role of professional endorsement

Parents’ Use of Social Media as a Health Information Source for Their Children: A Scoping Review

“…69 Many parents seek evidence-based health information. Their reliance on abstracts (in lieu of full journal articles) for health information 70,71 is one indication of the demand and need for primary, objective, evidence-based health information to be more accessible. However, while this stark information poverty 43,72 exists, health information available on social media, despite sometimes lacking an evidence base, may be utilized because the desired information is sequestered behind paywalls and the distinct lack of alternative resources that are as easily accessible, convenient and easily understood as what social media offers.…”