# Social Media in Health Education

**Type:** Topics  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/topics/social-media-in-health-education/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Description | This cluster of papers explores the impact of social media on healthcare communication, including its uses for health promotion, behavior change, patient engagement, and online recruitment for research studies. It also delves into the ethical considerations and professionalism related to the use of social media in healthcare. The papers discuss the influence of social networking sites on health behavior change, the benefits and limitations of social media for health communication, and the integration of social media into medical education and public health promotion efforts. |
| Domain | Social Sciences |
| Field | Social Sciences |
| OpenAlex ID | t12027 |
| Works | 156 |

## Topic papers all

Showing 15 of 156.

- [What is e-health?](https://scholariq.org/papers/what-is-e-health/)
- [Health related virtual communities and electronic support groups: systematic review of the effects of online peer to peer interactions](https://scholariq.org/papers/health-related-virtual-communities-and-electronic-support-groups-systematic/)
- [Facebook as a research tool for the social sciences: Opportunities, challenges, ethical considerations, and practical guidelines.](https://scholariq.org/papers/facebook-as-a-research-tool-for-the-social-sciences-opportunities-challenges/)
- [Printed educational materials: effects on professional practice and healthcare outcomes](https://scholariq.org/papers/printed-educational-materials-effects-on-professional-practice-and-healthcare/)
- [Characteristics of online and offline health information seekers and factors that discriminate between them](https://scholariq.org/papers/characteristics-of-online-and-offline-health-information-seekers-and-factors/)
- [Broad Reach and Targeted Recruitment Using Facebook for an Online Survey of Young Adult Substance Use](https://scholariq.org/papers/broad-reach-and-targeted-recruitment-using-facebook-for-an-online-survey-of/)
- [Opportunities and challenges of Web 2.0 for vaccination decisions](https://scholariq.org/papers/opportunities-and-challenges-of-web-2-0-for-vaccination-decisions/)
- [The Relationship between Health Literacy and Health Disparities: A Systematic Review](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-relationship-between-health-literacy-and-health-disparities-a-systematic/)
- [Use of the Internet as a Health Information Resource Among French Young Adults: Results From a Nationally Representative Survey](https://scholariq.org/papers/use-of-the-internet-as-a-health-information-resource-among-french-young-adults/)
- [Twitter Social Media is an Effective Tool for Breast Cancer Patient Education and Support: Patient-Reported Outcomes by Survey](https://scholariq.org/papers/twitter-social-media-is-an-effective-tool-for-breast-cancer-patient-education/)
- [Social network interventions for health behaviours and outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis](https://scholariq.org/papers/social-network-interventions-for-health-behaviours-and-outcomes-a-systematic/)
- [Threats of Bots and Other Bad Actors to Data Quality Following Research Participant Recruitment Through Social Media: Cross-Sectional Questionnaire](https://scholariq.org/papers/threats-of-bots-and-other-bad-actors-to-data-quality-following-research/)
- [How Health Care Professionals Use Social Media to Create Virtual Communities: An Integrative Review](https://scholariq.org/papers/how-health-care-professionals-use-social-media-to-create-virtual-communities-an/)
- [World leaders’ usage of Twitter in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: a content analysis](https://scholariq.org/papers/world-leaders-usage-of-twitter-in-response-to-the-covid-19-pandemic-a-content/)
- [Health Information Seeking Behaviors on Social Media During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among American Social Networking Site Users: Survey Study](https://scholariq.org/papers/health-information-seeking-behaviors-on-social-media-during-the-covid-19/)

## Topic primary papers

Showing 15 of 60.

- [Health related virtual communities and electronic support groups: systematic review of the effects of online peer to peer interactions](https://scholariq.org/papers/health-related-virtual-communities-and-electronic-support-groups-systematic/)
- [Printed educational materials: effects on professional practice and healthcare outcomes](https://scholariq.org/papers/printed-educational-materials-effects-on-professional-practice-and-healthcare/)
- [Broad Reach and Targeted Recruitment Using Facebook for an Online Survey of Young Adult Substance Use](https://scholariq.org/papers/broad-reach-and-targeted-recruitment-using-facebook-for-an-online-survey-of/)
- [Twitter Social Media is an Effective Tool for Breast Cancer Patient Education and Support: Patient-Reported Outcomes by Survey](https://scholariq.org/papers/twitter-social-media-is-an-effective-tool-for-breast-cancer-patient-education/)
- [Social network interventions for health behaviours and outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis](https://scholariq.org/papers/social-network-interventions-for-health-behaviours-and-outcomes-a-systematic/)
- [Threats of Bots and Other Bad Actors to Data Quality Following Research Participant Recruitment Through Social Media: Cross-Sectional Questionnaire](https://scholariq.org/papers/threats-of-bots-and-other-bad-actors-to-data-quality-following-research/)
- [How Health Care Professionals Use Social Media to Create Virtual Communities: An Integrative Review](https://scholariq.org/papers/how-health-care-professionals-use-social-media-to-create-virtual-communities-an/)
- [Social media recruitment and online data collection: A beginner’s guide and best practices for accessing low-prevalence and hard-to-reach populations.](https://scholariq.org/papers/social-media-recruitment-and-online-data-collection-a-beginner-s-guide-and-best/)
- [Tweet for Behavior Change: Using Social Media for the Dissemination of Public Health Messages](https://scholariq.org/papers/tweet-for-behavior-change-using-social-media-for-the-dissemination-of-public/)
- [The Use of Social Networking Sites for Public Health Practice and Research: A Systematic Review](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-use-of-social-networking-sites-for-public-health-practice-and-research-a/)
- [Ethical Issues of Social Media Usage in Healthcare](https://scholariq.org/papers/ethical-issues-of-social-media-usage-in-healthcare/)
- [Facebook recruitment of young adult smokers for a cessation trial: Methods, metrics, and lessons learned](https://scholariq.org/papers/facebook-recruitment-of-young-adult-smokers-for-a-cessation-trial-methods/)
- [Quota sampling using Facebook advertisements](https://scholariq.org/papers/quota-sampling-using-facebook-advertisements/)
- [The Evolution of the Journal Club: From Osler to Twitter](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-evolution-of-the-journal-club-from-osler-to-twitter/)
- [Diagnosis Blog: Checking Up on Health Blogs in the Blogosphere](https://scholariq.org/papers/diagnosis-blog-checking-up-on-health-blogs-in-the-blogosphere/)

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