Sharing for Health: A Study of Chinese Adolescents’ Experiences and Perspectives on Using Social Network Sites to Share Health Information

Zhang, Ni; Teti, Michele; Stanfield, Kellie; Campo, Shelly

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“…Other researchers have found that Facebook users critically appraise the value of the health content they access (Zhang et al . ) and carefully consider the kind of information about their health and illness experiences to share with other users (Armstrong et al . ).…”

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“…The importance of emotional support provided by peers in Facebook for people living with diabetes and mental health conditions has also been demonstrated (Fergie et al 2016, Kingod 2018. Other researchers have found that Facebook users critically appraise the value of the health content they access (Zhang et al 2016) and carefully consider the kind of information about their health and illness experiences to share with other users (Armstrong et al 2012). The affordances of Facebook may invite different engagements compared with other online platforms.…”

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‘Keeping It Real’: women's Enactments of Lay Health Knowledges and Expertise on Facebook

Maslen

Lupton

2019

Sociology Health & Illness

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This article presents findings from a qualitative study concerning Australian women's use of Facebook for health and medical information and support and the implications for understanding modes of lay knowledge and expertise. Thinking with feminist new materialism theory, we identify the relational connections, affective forces and agential capacities described by participants as technological affordances came together with human bodily affordances. Affective forces were a dominant feature in users’ accounts. Women were able to make relational connections with peers based on how valid or relevant they found other group members’ expertise and experiences, how supportive other members were, how strong they wanted their personal connection to be and how much privacy they wanted to preserve. We identified three modes of engagement: 1) expertise claims based on appropriation and distribution of biomedical knowledge and experience; 2) sharing experiential knowledge without claiming expertise and 3) evaluation and use of knowledge presented by others principally through observing. We conclude that an ‘expert patient’ is someone who is familiar with the rules of engagement on sites such as Facebook and is able to negotiate and understand the affects and levels of disclosure and intimacy that such engagement demands.

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‘Keeping It Real’: women's Enactments of Lay Health Knowledges and Expertise on Facebook

Maslen

Lupton

2019

Sociology Health & Illness

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“…The methodological approaches identified in the international publications selected for this literature review follow three dominant techniques, with a more or less narrative objective, and that can be associated with each other: interviews, the "draw and write" method, and focus groups. Using drawings and carrying out focus groups sessions are the most represented methods: five made use of drawings (19,(22)(23)(24) and five had focus groups (15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21). Four studies carried out interviews (14,22,26) and one involved photoelicitation (17).…”

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“…The result of this form of research reflects the reality of the interaction between the attitudes of children and adolescents, and the social processes within the group. This, for example, promoted the emergence of health information sharing habits of Chinese adolescents on social network websites (18). This technique also allows the evaluation of needs, expectations, satisfaction, or a better understanding of opinions, motivations, or behaviors.…”

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“…Nevertheless, participants in this study nuanced their words by declaring that the internet could be harmful to health and well-being. The children and adolescents expressed the opinion that the internet can create problems due to the limitations and credibility of the information consulted, since it constitutes an unsure and dangerous environment (18).…”

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Global Health Determinants Perceived and Expressed by Children and Adolescents Between 6 and 17 Years: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies

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To identify the determinants of global health in the literature as perceived and expressed by children and adolescents in order to adapt prevention actions to this young audience. To also question the pertinence of a qualitative approach when interviewing children. Method: Systematic review of the literature from PubMed, Google Scholar, CINAHL, PsycINFO databases. The studies selected used qualitative methods alone for investigating the views of health determinants in children and adolescents. Results: 185 articles were read to reach a final selection of 13 articles on global health, excluding studies with children who were ill, studies using quantitative, mixed, or retrospective methodologies, and those dealing exclusively with themes of health. Collecting information from children and adolescents showed the pertinence and effectiveness of qualitative methods. It also appears necessary to explore new paths: improving and adapting the tools and methodological supports used and combining them to enrich repositories. Conclusion: The small amount of qualitative data available with the views of children and adolescents on health determinants requires that new studies with better adapted collection methodologies be set up. To increase pertinence and effectiveness among a young audience, it is necessary, considering the methodologies identified during this literature review, to turn toward a multi-phase method that combines these methods. A methodology in several phases allows each one to use a different approach with young people and to obtain richer and more varied information. A corpus of images appeared as a powerful tool for collection: it facilitates children's capacity for oral expression and places the researcher in a position of listening.

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The Impact of Organ Donation Information Dissemination on Social Media Towards Registration of Organ Donors: A Moderating Role of Family Discussion

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Sondoh

Totu

et al. 2023

Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems

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Sharing for Health: A Study of Chinese Adolescents’ Experiences and Perspectives on Using Social Network Sites to Share Health Information

Abstract: Future interventions should provide adolescents with interesting and culturally sensitive health information and educate them to critically evaluate health information on social network sites.

Cited by 13 publications

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‘Keeping It Real’: women's Enactments of Lay Health Knowledges and Expertise on Facebook

‘Keeping It Real’: women's Enactments of Lay Health Knowledges and Expertise on Facebook

Global Health Determinants Perceived and Expressed by Children and Adolescents Between 6 and 17 Years: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies

The Impact of Organ Donation Information Dissemination on Social Media Towards Registration of Organ Donors: A Moderating Role of Family Discussion

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