Using Social Media to Investigate Adolescent Health
Using Social Media to Investigate Adolescent HealthAir date: Wednesday, September 10, 2014, 3:00:00 PMRuntime: 01:01:21Description: Wednesday Afternoon Lecture SeriesSocial media is widely used by adolescents, these technology allow opportunities for teens to display and describe health attitudes, intentions and behaviors. These new technologies provide an innovative means to investigate adolescent health. For the past 7 years, we have been investigating how adolescents choose to display health behaviors on social media including substance use and depression symptoms. This talk will provide an overview of our methods and key findings, and illustrate challenges and opportunities in how adolescents interact with social media.For more information go to http://wals.od.nih.govAuthor: Megan A. Moreno, M.D., M.S.Ed., M.P.H., Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Seattle Children’s Research InstitutePermanent link: http://videocast.nih.gov/launch.asp?18596