Real-Time Communication: Creating a Path to COVID-19 Public Health Activism in Adolescents Using Social Media

Real-Time Communication: Creating a Path to COVID-19 Public Health Activism in Adolescents Using Social Media

The COVID-19 pandemic and related public health efforts limiting in-person social interactions present unique challenges to adolescents. Social media, which is widely used by adolescents, presents an opportunity to counteract these challenges and promote adolescent health and public healt...

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Main Authors: Sobowale, Kunmi, Hilliard, Heather, Ignaszewski, Martha J, Chokroverty, Linda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JMIR Publications 2020-12-01
Series:Journal of Medical Internet Research
Online Access:https://www.jmir.org/2020/12/e21886
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spelling doaj-1660348891b44c4cb0cfe5455cb937e02021-04-02T18:56:43ZengJMIR PublicationsJournal of Medical Internet Research1438-88712020-12-012212e2188610.2196/21886Real-Time Communication: Creating a Path to COVID-19 Public Health Activism in Adolescents Using Social MediaSobowale, KunmiHilliard, HeatherIgnaszewski, Martha JChokroverty, Linda The COVID-19 pandemic and related public health efforts limiting in-person social interactions present unique challenges to adolescents. Social media, which is widely used by adolescents, presents an opportunity to counteract these challenges and promote adolescent health and public health activism. However, public health organizations and officials underuse social media to communicate with adolescents. Using well-established risk communication strategies and insights from adolescent development and human-computer interaction literature, we identify current efforts and gaps, and propose recommendations to advance the use of social media risk communication for adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic and future disasters.https://www.jmir.org/2020/12/e21886
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author Sobowale, Kunmi
Hilliard, Heather
Ignaszewski, Martha J
Chokroverty, Linda
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Hilliard, Heather
Ignaszewski, Martha J
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Journal of Medical Internet Research
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Hilliard, Heather
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title Real-Time Communication: Creating a Path to COVID-19 Public Health Activism in Adolescents Using Social Media
title_short Real-Time Communication: Creating a Path to COVID-19 Public Health Activism in Adolescents Using Social Media
title_full Real-Time Communication: Creating a Path to COVID-19 Public Health Activism in Adolescents Using Social Media
title_fullStr Real-Time Communication: Creating a Path to COVID-19 Public Health Activism in Adolescents Using Social Media
title_full_unstemmed Real-Time Communication: Creating a Path to COVID-19 Public Health Activism in Adolescents Using Social Media
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series Journal of Medical Internet Research
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publishDate 2020-12-01
description The COVID-19 pandemic and related public health efforts limiting in-person social interactions present unique challenges to adolescents. Social media, which is widely used by adolescents, presents an opportunity to counteract these challenges and promote adolescent health and public health activism. However, public health organizations and officials underuse social media to communicate with adolescents. Using well-established risk communication strategies and insights from adolescent development and human-computer interaction literature, we identify current efforts and gaps, and propose recommendations to advance the use of social media risk communication for adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic and future disasters.
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