Journal article
Sharing for Health: A Study of Chinese Adolescents' Experiences and Perspectives on Using Social Network Sites to Share Health Information
Journal of transcultural nursing, Vol.28(4), pp.423-429
07/2017
DOI: 10.1177/1043659616680268
PMID: 27888264
Abstract
This exploratory qualitative study examines Chinese adolescents' health information sharing habits on social network sites.
Ten focus group meetings with 76 adolescents, ages 12 to 17 years, were conducted at community-based organizations in Chicago's Chinatown. The research team transcribed the recording and analyzed the transcripts using ATLAS.ti.
Chinese adolescents are using different social network sites for various topics of health information including food, physical activity, and so on. Adolescents would share useful and/or interesting health information. Many adolescents raised credibility concerns regarding health information and suggested evaluating the information based on self-experience or intuition, word-of-mouth, or information online.
The findings shed lights on future intervention using social network sites to promote health among Chinese adolescents in the United States.
Future interventions should provide adolescents with interesting and culturally sensitive health information and educate them to critically evaluate health information on social network sites.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Sharing for Health: A Study of Chinese Adolescents' Experiences and Perspectives on Using Social Network Sites to Share Health Information
- Creators
- Ni Zhang - 1 San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, USAMichele Teti - 2 University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USAKellie Stanfield - 2 University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USAShelly Campo - 3 University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of transcultural nursing, Vol.28(4), pp.423-429
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1177/1043659616680268
- PMID
- 27888264
- ISSN
- 1043-6596
- eISSN
- 1552-7832
- Grant note
- DOI: 10.13039/100007165, name: University of Missouri
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/2017
- Academic Unit
- Graduate College Admin and Gen; Communication Studies; Community and Behavioral Health
- Record Identifier
- 9984063202002771
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