Web 2.0 for Health Promotion
Reviewing the Current Evidence
Bibliographic Data
As Web 2.0 and social media make the communication landscape increasingly participatory, empirical evidence is needed regarding their impact on and utility for health promotion. Following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines, we searched 4 medical and social science databases for literature (2004–present) on the intersection of Web 2.0 and health. A total of 514 unique publications matched our criteria. We classified references as commentaries and reviews (n = 267), descriptive studies (n = 213), and pilot intervention studies (n = 34). The scarcity of empirical evidence points to the need for more interventions with participatory and user-generated features. Innovative study designs and measurement methods are needed to understand the communication landscape and to critically assess intervention effectiveness. To address health disparities, interventions must consider accessibility for vulnerable populations
Citizen journalism · Empirical evidence · Environmental health · Grey literature · Health promotion · Intervention (counseling) · MEDLINE · Political science · Psychological intervention · Public health · Public relations · Scarcity · Social media · Systematic review · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods · Health Literacy and Information Accessibility · Medicine · Nursing · Social Media in Health Education
Women’s Beliefs about the Utilization of Antenatal Services and their Determinants
Better food choices among users of the Digital Food Guide
Internet usage time and trust in doctors
Technology use and its association with health and depressive symptoms in older cancer survivors
The association between internet use and health among rural-to-urban migrants in China
A Cognitive Approach to Understanding and Mitigating a Pernicious Infodemic
The influence of social networking sites on health behavior change
Social Media Usage in Health Communication and Its Implications on Public Health Security
Strong and Deadly Futures
Breastfeed4Ghana
Implementation of Brain Breaks® in the Classroom and Its Effects on Attitudes towards Physical Activity in a Chinese School Setting
Information diffusion, Facebook clusters, and the simplicial model of social aggregation
Digital Media-based Health Intervention on the promotion of Women’s physical activity
Understanding the Factors Influencing Patient E-Health Literacy in Online Health Communities (OHCs)
Preferences, educational messaging, and demand creation channels for multipurpose-prevention technologies (MPTs) among women in South Africa
When Engagement Leads to Action
Recognize & Resist
Contributions to Research and Practice Made by the National Cancer Institute’s Health Communication and Informatics Research Branch
Toward an Extended Infodemiology Framework
Are Social Media Interventions for Health Behavior Change Efficacious among Populations with Health Disparities
The role of digital technology in providing education, training, continuing professional development and support to the rural health workforce
Emoji and visual complexity in health information design
Patients resist, doctors manage
The convergence of mobile and social media
Platformization of healthcare communication
Benefits, Challenges, and Social Impact of Health Care Providers’ Adoption of Social Media
Expectations in the field of the Internet and health
Use of mobile phones for behavior change communication to improve maternal, newborn and child health
Stigma to skepticism
Ebola and Localized Blame on Social Media
Sexuality Education in the Digital Era
User interactions and behaviors in a large-scale online emotional support service
Comparación de las estructuras de difusión de información errónea y verídica en las redes sociales durante una emergencia de salud pública
Use and Taxonomy of Social Media in Cancer-Related Research
Social media for health promotion
Sexual Assertiveness Skills and Sexual Decision-Making in Adolescent Girls
Emotional Feedback and the Viral Spread of Social Media Messages About Autism Spectrum Disorders
Contrasting Misinformation and Real-Information Dissemination Network Structures on Social Media During a Health Emergency
Feasibility of a Web-Based Training System for Peer Community Health Advisors in Cancer Early Detection Among African Americans
The Interplay of Friendship Networks and Social Networking Sites
Testing is Healthy” TimePlay campaign
From conditions to strategies
Pragmeme, adaptability, and elasticity in online medical consultations
The influence of network structure and prosocial cultural norms on charitable giving
Medicine 2.0
Social Media Use in the United States
Toward Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Methods
The PRISMA statement for reporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses of studies that evaluate health care interventions
The Spread of Obesity in a Large Social Network over 32 Years
Race, Gender, and Information Technology Use
Computer technology-based interventions in HIV prevention
Is “YouTube” telling or selling you something? Tobacco content on the YouTube video-sharing website
Twitter=quitter? An analysis of Twitter quit smoking social networks
Use of Media Technologies by Native American Teens and Young Adults in the Pacific Northwest
Finding Teens in TheirSpace
Social Network Structure of a Large Online Community for Smoking Cessation
Connecting the invisible dots
The Income Digital Divide
| Unique citing works | 44 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3.67 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 40 |