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dc.contributor.authorShaw, Julie M
dc.contributor.authorMitchell, Creina A
dc.contributor.authorWelch, Anthony J
dc.contributor.authorWilliamson, Moira J
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:36:49Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:36:49Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.issn2055-2076
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/2055207615588395
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/69588
dc.description.abstractObjective Adolescents are known to be high users of social media, and social media is beginning to be used in health care. The primary objective of this review was to determine the current state of play on the use of social media as a health intervention in addressing the health of adolescents. Methods Six databases were searched: CINAHL, Medline, Scopus, ProQuest, Psych Info and Science Direct, from 2000-2013. The review process followed PRISMA guidelines with quality assessments of the selected articles undertaken. Results Three studies used social media as a health intervention in adolescent health. Facebook was the social media of choice. The way this social media tool was incorporated as the intervention varied. None of the social media interventions had a significant or sustained impact on the primary outcomes of the studies reviewed. Measures of social media process were limited and lacked meaning. Conclusions The selected papers provided insight into the beginning phase of using social media as a health intervention to address adolescent health. The review highlights three important areas for consideration when undertaking research on the use of social media as a health intervention for adolescents: the newness of using social media as a health intervention, the importance of the use of rigorous methodological processes when using social media as a health intervention, and the need to develop further knowledge on adolescents' use of social media, in particular their hidden world of social media.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSage Publications
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
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dc.relation.ispartofpageto10
dc.relation.ispartofjournalDigital Health
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dc.subject.fieldofresearchCommunity and primary care
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHealth promotion
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHealth services and systems
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode420503
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode420603
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4203
dc.titleSocial media used as a health intervention in adolescent health: A systematic review of the literature
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
dcterms.licensehttp://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery
gro.rights.copyright© The Author(s) 2015. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-onCommercial 3.0 (CC BY-NC 3.0) License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (http://www.uk.sagepub.com/aboutus/openaccess.htm).
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