Social Media and Health behaviors

  1. Where do people tend to find their health information? What are some websites they rely on? Why does this matter to health psychologists?
  2. How has the accessibility to social media changed the way people seek health care? How can technology advance healthy lifestyles?

Articles are here below, you can locate these resources over the internet. Please remember you must use one or more of the articles given below only when

answering both questions.

-Marketing to Millennials, by Packer-Tursman, from Managed Healthcare Executive (2015). https://www.practiceprotection.com/physicians/marketing-your-

practice-to-millennials/

-Social Media and Mobile Applications in Chronic Disease Prevention and Management” by Santoro, Castelnuovo, Zoppis, Mauri, & Sicurello, from Frontiers in

Psychology (2015).URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4423338/

-Explicating an Evidence-Based, Theoretically Informed, Mobile Technology-Based System to Improve Outcomes for People in Recovery for Alcohol Dependence. by

Gustafson, Shaw, Isham, Baker, Boyle, & Levy from Substance Use & Misuse (2011). URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3179272/

-Computer and Mobile Technology-Based Interventions for Substance Use Disorders: An Organizing Framework, by Litvin, Abrantes, & Brown, from Addictive

Behaviors (2013). URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2012.09.003

Social Media as a Strategy for Behavior Change: The Three Dollar a Day Diet Challenge,” by Story & Bonica, from Journal of the Academy of Nutrition &

Dietetics (2014).

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