Using Social Media to Investigate Adolescent Health

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Using Social Media to Investigate Adolescent Health

Air date: Wednesday, September 10, 2014, 3:00:00 PM

Runtime: 01:01:21

Description: Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series

Social 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.

Author: Megan A. Moreno, M.D., M.S.Ed., M.P.H., Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Seattle Children's Research Institute

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