Table 2.
Uses of social media for health interventions by targeted Hispanic population and health topic.
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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 | ||||||
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Men who have sex with men (n=12) | 12 (86%) | 7 (58%) | 4 (33%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (50%) |
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Adolescents (n=5) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (33%) | 2 (67%) | 0 (0%) |
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General population (n=3) | 0 (0%) | 2 (17%) | 1 (8%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
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Pregnant women and young mothers (n=3) | 1 (7%) | 1 (8%) | 1 (8%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
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Medically underserved (n=1) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (17%) | 1 (33%) | 0 (0%) |
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Public housing residents (n=1) | 0 (0%) | 1 (8%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (50%) |
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Cancer survivors (n=1) | 0 (0%) | 1 (8%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
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Smokers (n=1) | 1 (7%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| Health topicc | ||||||
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Sexual health (n=12) | 10 (71%) | 6 (50%) | 5 (42%) | 1 (33%) | 1 (50%) |
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Healthy eating and active living (n=4) | 1 (7%) | 3 (25%) | 1 (8%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (50%) |
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Women’s health (n=3) | 1 (7%) | 1 (8%) | 1 (8%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
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Substance abuse (n=3) | 1 (7%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (17%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
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Patient-provider communication (n=2) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (17%) | 2 (67%) | 0 (0%) |
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Body image and eating disorders (n=1) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (8%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
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Cancer (n=1) | 0 (0%) | 1 (8%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
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Epilepsy (n=1) | 0 (0%) | 1 (8%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
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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).