Social Media

Prybutok, Gayle; Ryan, Sherry

doi:10.1097/cin.0000000000000147

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“…Social media has been advocated as the key to health information access for college students (Prybutok & Ryan, 2015). Our survey of 930 participants confirmed that most (n = 905, 97.3%) students in our sample reported they had used a social networking site in the preceding 12 months.…”

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confidence: 65%

“…Researchers have explored the usefulness of social media for health promotion on issues such as HIV prevention (Taggart, Grewe, Conserve, Gliwa, & Roman Isler, 2015), and studied how information pertinent to healthy behaviors (e.g., physical exercises) (Zhang et al, 2013) and unhealthy behaviors (e.g., substance abuse) (Krauss et al, 2015) are communicated online via social media. Exploring how social media can be used to improve health issues that impact young adults should be a national priority (Prybutok & Ryan, 2015) because these "digital natives" (Joiner et al, 2013) are quite familiar with sharing their thoughts, opinions and experiences with others through what is known as "electronic word-of-mouth" (Zhang et al, 2013). However, little is known about their information retrieval from public health agencies through social media pertinent to influenza and influenza vaccine.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Social Media Usage and Influenza Beliefs, Risk Perceptions and Behavioral Intentions Among Students at a University in Southeastern US

Yin

Tseng

Zerbo

et al. 2019

JGPHA

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Background: To document social media usage for the retrieval of health information among college students; and to understand the beliefs, risk perceptions and behavioral intentions among participants who retrieved CDC influenza information via social media. Methods:We conducted an online survey to a convenience sample of students at a university in Southeastern United States during Spring 2015. The survey was self-administered and every matriculating student received an electronic invitation to participate at least once. Results:A total of 930 students completed the online survey. Most participants (n=905, 97.3%) reported that they had used a social networking site in the previous 12 months. However, only one-third (n=317, 34.1%) reported that they used social networking sites to read CDC health information or messages. Nearly one-fifth of participants (n=172, 18.5%) reported reading CDC influenza information during the 2014-15 influenza season. Among the subset of readers of CDC influenza information during the 2014-15 influenza season (N=153), 77 (50.99%) reported that it was likely they would get the influenza vaccine in the next 12 months. Women reported stronger risk perceptions and behavioral intentions than men. Blacks/African Americans reported more negative influenza-related beliefs and weaker risk perceptions compared to Whites. Conclusions:While social media penetration is high among university students in Southeastern US, only a minority of survey participants retrieved CDC influenza information via social media. Among these individuals, about half reported that they intended to vaccinate against influenza. Further research is needed to enhance CDC social media penetration among college students.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Social Media Usage and Influenza Beliefs, Risk Perceptions and Behavioral Intentions Among Students at a University in Southeastern US

Yin

Tseng

Zerbo

et al. 2019

JGPHA

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“…22 Recent research suggests that young people (ages 18-29) are less likely than older adults to hold negative attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccination. 24 Nevertheless, younger adults often rely on social media for health information 25 and tend to have low levels of health literacy. 26 Youth may therefore be particularly vulnerable to mis-and disinformation about COVID-19 vaccines spread via social media.…”

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A global pandemic in the time of viral memes: COVID-19 vaccine misinformation and disinformation on TikTok

Basch

Meleo-Erwin

Fera

et al. 2021

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics

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Misinformation and disinformation regarding COVID-19 and vaccination against it may be contributing to vaccine hesitancy. Social media outlets have reportedly made efforts to limit false information yet untruths related to COVID-19 persist online. The purpose of this study was to describe the content on COVID-19 vaccination on TikTok, an emerging social media platform. One-hundred trending videos were identified from the hashtag #covidvaccine and were coded for content. Collectively, these videos garnered over 35 million views. The coding category with the highest number of videos was "Discouraged a Vaccine" (n = 38), followed by "Encouraged a Vaccine" (n = 36). While only 36 videos encouraged a vaccine, these videos garnered over 50% of the total cumulative views and just under 50% of the total likes; the 38 videos that discouraged a vaccine garnered 39.6% of the total cumulative views, 44.3% of likes, and 47.4% of comments. Of the 38 videos discouraging the vaccine, 25 (65.79%) showed a parody of an adverse reaction and, collectively, received 71.07% of the total views among videos in this category. Twenty-two of these 38 videos (57.89%) falsely conveyed that a vaccine was available, as they were not at the time of the study. Anti-vaccination messaging may undermine efforts to ensure widespread uptake of the various COVID-19 vaccines, particularly for young people who are more likely than other age cohorts to use TikTok.

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“…These issues and challenges make young adults search for health-related information via the Internet to cope with health-related concerns and stresses [ 27 - 29 ]. Young adults search health information for various purposes, such as learning about health conditions, seeking online support, looking for treatment options, and prevention and screening information [ 2 , 30 , 31 ], or see the Internet as an acceptable resource that offers anonymized information or support for sensitive conditions or symptoms [ 32 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

Defining Information Quality Into Health Websites: A Conceptual Framework of Health Website Information Quality for Educated Young Adults

Tao¹,

LeRouge²,

Smith³

et al. 2017

JMIR Hum Factors

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BackgroundToday’s health care environment encourages health care consumers to take an active role in managing their health. As digital natives, young educated adults do much of their health information management through the Internet and consider it a valid source of health advice. However, the quality of information on health websites is highly variable and dynamic. Little is known about the understandings and perceptions that young educated adults have garnered on the quality of information on health websites used for health care–related purposes.ObjectiveTo fill this gap, the aim of this study was to develop a conceptual framework of health website information quality with quality dimensions (ie, criteria) and associated quality drivers (ie, attributes) specified in the context of young educated adults’ use of health websites for health care–related purposes. This aim was achieved by (1) identifying information quality dimensions of health websites from the perspective of young educated adults; (2) identifying the importance ratings of these quality dimensions; and (3) constructing a framework of health website information quality with quality dimensions and associated drivers specified in the context of young educated adults’ use of health websites for health care–related purposes.MethodsThe study employed both qualitative and quantitative methods. Methods included semistructured group interviews and an individual quality assessment exercise grounded in visiting various websites and responding to Likert scale questions regarding the importance ratings of information quality dimensions and open-ended questions with specifying website quality drivers. Study participants included junior and senior undergraduate and graduate students in business, allied health, and public health majors. Qualitative, open-coding procedures were used to develop the conceptual framework reflecting the participants’ means of assessing information quality on health websites.ResultsFive dimensions of information quality for health websites were identified: Completeness of information, Understandability of information, Relevance of information, Depth of information, and Accuracy of information. Completeness of information and Understandability of information were rated as the two most important quality dimensions by the study participants. Results indicated that these five information quality dimensions for health websites were supported by the following main driver themes: Content, Design, Links, Consumer resources, Search functionality, Supporting references, User focus, Content FAQ, Open access, Policy statements, and Site performance.ConclusionsThis study contributes to the literature by developing a health website information quality conceptual framework with quality dimensions and associated drivers specified for a young educated adult population. The detailed quality drivers supporting the corresponding quality dimensions provide a rich picture of young educated adults’ perceptions on health website information quality. This fram...

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Social Media

Cited by 48 publications

References 28 publications

Social Media Usage and Influenza Beliefs, Risk Perceptions and Behavioral Intentions Among Students at a University in Southeastern US

Social Media Usage and Influenza Beliefs, Risk Perceptions and Behavioral Intentions Among Students at a University in Southeastern US

A global pandemic in the time of viral memes: COVID-19 vaccine misinformation and disinformation on TikTok

Defining Information Quality Into Health Websites: A Conceptual Framework of Health Website Information Quality for Educated Young Adults

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