Social media for public health: Reaping the benefits, mitigating the harms.

IF 2.4 Q2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH Health Promotion Perspectives Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.34172/hpp.2023.13
Zain Jafar, Jonathan D Quick, Heidi J Larson, Verner Venegas-Vera, Philip Napoli, Godfrey Musuka, Tafadzwa Dzinamarira, Kolar Sridara Meena, T Raju Kanmani, Eszter Rimányi
{"title":"Social media for public health: Reaping the benefits, mitigating the harms.","authors":"Zain Jafar,&nbsp;Jonathan D Quick,&nbsp;Heidi J Larson,&nbsp;Verner Venegas-Vera,&nbsp;Philip Napoli,&nbsp;Godfrey Musuka,&nbsp;Tafadzwa Dzinamarira,&nbsp;Kolar Sridara Meena,&nbsp;T Raju Kanmani,&nbsp;Eszter Rimányi","doi":"10.34172/hpp.2023.13","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>With more than 4.26 billion social media users worldwide, social media has become a primary source of health information, exchange, and influence. As its use has rapidly expanded, social media has proven to be a \"doubled-edged sword,\" with considerable benefits as well as notable harms. It can be used to encourage preventive behaviors, foster social connectivity for better mental health, enable health officials to deliver timely information, and connect individuals to reliable information. But social media also has contributed to public health crises by exacerbating a decline in public trust, deteriorating mental health (especially in young people), and spreading dangerous misinformation. These realities have profound implications for health professionals, social media companies, governments, and users. We discuss promising guidelines, digital safety practices, and regulations on which to build a comprehensive approach to healthy use of social media. Concerted efforts from social media companies, governments, users, public interest groups, and academia are essential to mitigate the harms and unlock the benefits of this powerful new technology.</p>","PeriodicalId":46588,"journal":{"name":"Health Promotion Perspectives","volume":"13 2","pages":"105-112"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4000,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10439458/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Health Promotion Perspectives","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.34172/hpp.2023.13","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0

Abstract

With more than 4.26 billion social media users worldwide, social media has become a primary source of health information, exchange, and influence. As its use has rapidly expanded, social media has proven to be a "doubled-edged sword," with considerable benefits as well as notable harms. It can be used to encourage preventive behaviors, foster social connectivity for better mental health, enable health officials to deliver timely information, and connect individuals to reliable information. But social media also has contributed to public health crises by exacerbating a decline in public trust, deteriorating mental health (especially in young people), and spreading dangerous misinformation. These realities have profound implications for health professionals, social media companies, governments, and users. We discuss promising guidelines, digital safety practices, and regulations on which to build a comprehensive approach to healthy use of social media. Concerted efforts from social media companies, governments, users, public interest groups, and academia are essential to mitigate the harms and unlock the benefits of this powerful new technology.

Abstract Image

查看原文
分享 分享
微信好友 朋友圈 QQ好友 复制链接
本刊更多论文
社交媒体促进公共卫生:收获益处,减轻危害。
全球社交媒体用户超过42.6亿,社交媒体已成为健康信息、交流和影响的主要来源。随着其使用范围的迅速扩大,社交媒体已被证明是一把“双刃剑”,既有可观的好处,也有明显的危害。它可以用来鼓励预防行为,促进社会联系以改善心理健康,使卫生官员能够及时提供信息,并将个人与可靠的信息联系起来。但社交媒体也加剧了公共信任的下降,恶化了心理健康(尤其是年轻人),并传播了危险的错误信息,从而加剧了公共卫生危机。这些现实对卫生专业人员、社交媒体公司、政府和用户有着深远的影响。我们讨论了有前景的指导方针、数字安全实践以及建立健康使用社交媒体的综合方法的法规。社交媒体公司、政府、用户、公共利益团体和学术界的共同努力对于减轻这种强大的新技术的危害并释放其好处至关重要。
本文章由计算机程序翻译,如有差异,请以英文原文为准。
求助全文
约1分钟内获得全文 去求助
来源期刊
Health Promotion Perspectives
Health Promotion Perspectives PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-
CiteScore
7.10
自引率
2.30%
发文量
27
审稿时长
13 weeks
期刊最新文献
A systematic review of the impact of therapeutic education programs on the quality of life of people with Multiple Sclerosis. Childhood maltreatment and vulnerability to substance use disorders: The mediating role of psychological security. Corrigendum to: Examining associations between smartphone use, smartphone addiction, and mental health outcomes: a cross-sectional study of college students Kil N, Kim J, McDaniel JT, Kim J, Kensinger K. Health Promot Perspect. 2021;11(1):36-44. doi: 10.34172/hpp.2021.06. Corrigendum to: Prevalence and incidence of type 1 diabetes in the world: a systematic review and meta-analysis Mobasseri M, Shirmohammadi M, Amiri T, Vahed N, Hosseini Fard H, Ghojazadeh M. Health Promot Perspect. 2020 Mar 30;10(2):98-115. doi: 10.34172/hpp.2020.18. Development of a new equation and validation of earlier resting energy expenditure predicting equations in adults living in Tehran.
×
引用
GB/T 7714-2015
复制
MLA
复制
APA
复制
导出至
BibTeX EndNote RefMan NoteFirst NoteExpress
×
×
提示
您的信息不完整,为了账户安全,请先补充。
现在去补充
×
提示
您因"违规操作"
具体请查看互助需知
我知道了
×
提示
现在去查看 取消
×
提示
确定
0
微信
客服QQ
Book学术公众号 扫码关注我们
反馈
×
意见反馈
请填写您的意见或建议
请填写您的手机或邮箱
已复制链接
已复制链接
快去分享给好友吧!
我知道了
×
扫码分享
扫码分享
Book学术官方微信
Book学术文献互助
Book学术文献互助群
群 号:481959085
Book学术
文献互助 智能选刊 最新文献 互助须知 联系我们:info@booksci.cn
Book学术提供免费学术资源搜索服务,方便国内外学者检索中英文文献。致力于提供最便捷和优质的服务体验。
Copyright © 2023 Book学术 All rights reserved.
ghs 京公网安备 11010802042870号 京ICP备2023020795号-1