Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Campus Bergen, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, 5020 Bergen, Norway.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Feb 24;20(5):4033. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20054033.
Social networking sites (SNS) have emerged as digital settings for youth participation and health promotion. Understanding the complex dynamic of analog/digital participation has become crucial for settings-based health promotion strategies that aim to enable people to increase control over their health and environments. Previous research demonstrates that SNS influence young people's health in complex ways, but less is known about how processes related to intersectionality are reflected in digital settings. This study asked the following question: how do young women with immigrant backgrounds experience and navigate SNS and how can this inform settings-based health promotion strategies?
The study included three focus groups with 15 women aged 16-26 years and used thematic content analysis.
Young women with immigrant backgrounds reported that transnational networks provided a sense of belonging. However, their presence on SNS strengthened negative social control and had consequences for endeavors to connect with local peers in both digital and analog settings. Both challenges and resources were amplified. The participants reported that sharing strategies to navigate complex networks was useful; they emphasized the importance of anonymous chats, they shared health-related information with extended networks with lower e-literacy, and they saw opportunities for the cocreation of health promotion strategies.
社交网络（SNS）已成为年轻人参与和促进健康的数字环境。理解模拟/数字参与的复杂动态对于以设置为基础的健康促进策略至关重要，这些策略旨在使人们能够增强对自身健康和环境的控制。先前的研究表明，SNS 以复杂的方式影响年轻人的健康，但人们对交叉性相关过程如何反映在数字环境中的了解较少。本研究提出了以下问题：具有移民背景的年轻女性如何体验和驾驭 SNS，以及这如何为以设置为基础的健康促进策略提供信息？
该研究包括三个焦点小组，共有 15 名年龄在 16-26 岁的女性参加，并使用主题内容分析。
具有移民背景的年轻女性报告说，跨国网络提供了归属感。然而，她们在 SNS 上的存在加剧了负面的社会控制，并对在数字和模拟环境中与当地同龄人建立联系的努力产生了影响。挑战和资源都被放大了。参与者报告说，分享驾驭复杂网络的策略很有用；他们强调匿名聊天的重要性，他们与电子素养较低的扩展网络分享与健康相关的信息，并且他们看到了共同创建健康促进策略的机会。
