Department of Allied Health Sciences, UConn Center for mHealth & Social Media, University of Connecticut, 358 Mansfield Rd, Unit 1101, Storrs, CT 06269-1101 (
UConn Center of mHealth & Social Media, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut.
Prev Chronic Dis. 2023 Feb 16;20:E07. doi: 10.5888/pcd20.220194.
Many parents and pregnant women in the US use social media to access health-related information. Estimates of current use of different platforms among these populations are needed. We used data from a 2021 Pew Research Center survey to describe use of commercial social media platforms by US parents and US women aged 18 to 39 years. Most US parents and women of childbearing age use YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram, with most engaging daily. Understanding social media use patterns can help public health professionals, health care systems, and researchers reach selected populations with evidence-based health information and health promotion programs.
许多美国的家长和孕妇会使用社交媒体获取健康相关信息。需要对这些人群当前使用不同平台的情况进行估计。我们使用了皮尤研究中心（Pew Research Center）2021 年的一项调查数据，描述了美国家长和 18 至 39 岁美国女性使用商业社交媒体平台的情况。大多数美国家长和育龄妇女会使用 YouTube、Facebook 和 Instagram，且大多数人会每天使用这些平台。了解社交媒体的使用模式可以帮助公共卫生专业人员、医疗保健系统和研究人员利用基于证据的健康信息和健康促进计划来覆盖特定人群。
