ArticleGlobal pediatric health2018
Development and Evaluation of a Social Media Health Intervention to Improve Adolescents' Knowledge About and Vaccination Against the Human Papillomavirus.
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35 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 55 citations in OpenAlex.
- COVID-19 Vaccination Messengers, Communication Channels, and Messages Trusted Among Black Communities in the USA: a Review.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Pooled it
- Social Media as an Effective Provider of Quality-Assured and Accurate Information to Increase Vaccine Rates: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Pooled it
- Vaccine hesitancy and behavior change theory-based social media interventions: a systematic review.Translational behavioral medicine · 2022Pooled it
- A systematic literature review to examine the potential for social media to impact HPV vaccine uptake and awareness, knowledge, and attitudes about HPV and HPV vaccination.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2019Pooled it
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- The Influence of Social Media Messaging on Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Attitudes and Confidence Among Adolescent Males: Group Discussion Study.JMIR cancer · 2026Article
- Impact of Social Media on HPV Vaccine Knowledge and Attitudes Among Adolescents and Young Adults: A Systematic Literature Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- The Role of Technology and Social Media Use in Human Papillomavirus Awareness: A Comparison Across Four Age Groups.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2025Article
- Community-Based Participatory Research Approach for Social Media Health Promotion and Youth Engagement.Child & youth services · 2025Article
- The importance of parental human papillomavirus vaccine series initiation for reducing sex disparities in human papillomavirus vaccine series initiation among children in the United States.Preventive medicine reports · 2025Article
- Roadmap to Success: Illustrating Insights from a KAP Study on Cervical Cancer Prevention and HPV Vaccination.South Asian journal of cancer · 2025Article
- The Role of Internet Information on Anti-HPV Vaccines: A Comprehensive Overview of a Double-Edged Sword.Vaccines · 2025Review
- Special Issue: "Vaccination and Global Health".Vaccines · 2024Article
- The Effectiveness of Interventions Targeting Adolescents in HPV Vaccination-A Scoping Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
- Usability of a Web-Based App for Increasing Adolescent Vaccination in Primary Care Settings: Think-Aloud and Survey Assessment.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- Social media use and vaccination among Democrats and Republicans: Informational and normative influences.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2024Article
- Behavioural interventions to reduce vaccine hesitancy driven by misinformation on social media.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2024Article
- Information-seeking Behavior of Iranian Young Adults (18-28 Years Old) Regarding HPV on Social Media: A Preventive Approach to HPV.International journal of preventive medicine · 2024Article
- Rational or altruistic: the impact of social media information exposure on Chinese youth's willingness to donate blood.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- COVID-19 Knowledge, Beliefs, and Intention to Get Vaccinated: A Brief Educational Intervention Among Black and Hispanic Populations.American journal of public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
This study describes the formative research, execution, and evaluation of a social media health intervention to improve adolescents' knowledge about and vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV). Based on the results from formative focus groups with adolescents (N = 38) to determine intervention feasibility, parameters, and message preferences, we developed and conducted a pretest/posttest evaluation of a 3-month social media health intervention for adolescents who had not completed the HPV vaccine series (N = 108). Results revealed that adolescents who fully engaged with the intervention improved in their knowledge compared with a control group, and many were also likely to have interpersonal discussions with others about what they learned. Adolescents are generally interested in receiving information about HPV and the vaccine, along with other relevant health information, through social media channels if messages are considered interesting, their privacy is protected, and the source is credible.
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