Jafar Zain, Quick Jonathan D, Larson Heidi J, Venegas-Vera Verner, Napoli Philip, Musuka Godfrey, Dzinamarira Tafadzwa, Meena Kolar Sridara, Kanmani T Raju, Rimányi Eszter
Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, Duke University, Durham, USA.
Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, USA.
Health Promot Perspect. 2023 Jul 10;13(2):105-112. doi: 10.34172/hpp.2023.13. eCollection 2023.
With more than 4.26 billion social media users worldwide, social media has become a primary source of health information, exchange, and influence. As its use has rapidly expanded, social media has proven to be a "doubled-edged sword," with considerable benefits as well as notable harms. It can be used to encourage preventive behaviors, foster social connectivity for better mental health, enable health officials to deliver timely information, and connect individuals to reliable information. But social media also has contributed to public health crises by exacerbating a decline in public trust, deteriorating mental health (especially in young people), and spreading dangerous misinformation. These realities have profound implications for health professionals, social media companies, governments, and users. We discuss promising guidelines, digital safety practices, and regulations on which to build a comprehensive approach to healthy use of social media. Concerted efforts from social media companies, governments, users, public interest groups, and academia are essential to mitigate the harms and unlock the benefits of this powerful new technology.
全球社交媒体用户超过42.6亿，社交媒体已成为健康信息、交流及影响的主要来源。随着其使用迅速扩展，社交媒体已被证明是一把“双刃剑”，既有相当大的益处，也有显著危害。它可用于鼓励预防行为、促进社交联系以改善心理健康、使卫生官员能够及时传递信息，以及让个人获取可靠信息。但社交媒体也通过加剧公众信任下降、损害心理健康（尤其是年轻人）以及传播危险错误信息等方式，引发了公共卫生危机。这些现实情况对卫生专业人员、社交媒体公司、政府和用户都有着深远影响。我们讨论了有望建立全面健康使用社交媒体方法的指导方针、数字安全做法及法规。社交媒体公司、政府、用户、公共利益团体和学术界共同努力，对于减轻危害并释放这项强大新技术的益处至关重要。
