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. 2016 Jul 11;2(2):e32. doi: 10.2196/publichealth.5579

Table 2.

Uses of social media for health interventions by targeted Hispanic population and health topic.


Uses of social mediaa
Recruiting study participants (n=14) Promoting health education (n=12) Describing users or usage characteristics (n=12) Assessing communication preferences (n=3) Retaining study participants (n=2)
Target Hispanic populationb

Men who have sex with men (n=12) 12 (86%) 7 (58%) 4 (33%) 0 (0%) 1 (50%)

Adolescents (n=5) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 4 (33%) 2 (67%) 0 (0%)

General population (n=3) 0 (0%) 2 (17%) 1 (8%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)

Pregnant women and young mothers (n=3) 1 (7%) 1 (8%) 1 (8%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)

Medically underserved (n=1) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 2 (17%) 1 (33%) 0 (0%)

Public housing residents (n=1) 0 (0%) 1 (8%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (50%)

Cancer survivors (n=1) 0 (0%) 1 (8%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)

Smokers (n=1) 1 (7%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Health topicc

Sexual health (n=12) 10 (71%) 6 (50%) 5 (42%) 1 (33%) 1 (50%)

Healthy eating and active living (n=4) 1 (7%) 3 (25%) 1 (8%) 0 (0%) 1 (50%)

Women’s health (n=3) 1 (7%) 1 (8%) 1 (8%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)

Substance abuse (n=3) 1 (7%) 0 (0%) 2 (17%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)

Patient-provider communication (n=2) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 2 (17%) 2 (67%) 0 (0%)

Body image and eating disorders (n=1) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (8%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)

Cancer (n=1) 0 (0%) 1 (8%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)

Epilepsy (n=1) 0 (0%) 1 (8%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)

Smoking cessation (n=1) 1 (7%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)

aArticles may contain elements of multiple categories (n>27).

bArticles contain only one target Hispanic population (n=27).

cArticles contain only one health topic (n=27).