Sercu Lies
Department of Linguistics and School of Education, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2024 Dec 6;21(12):1629. doi: 10.3390/ijerph21121629.
Social media influencers (SMIs) have emerged as a significant alternative source of health-related information for adolescents, apart from their parents, doctors, and schools. It is yet to be determined whether adolescents' use of social media influencers leads to a deterioration or an improvement of their overall health literacy and food literacy. This study (N = 509), for one thing, investigated adolescents' health literacy (using the MOHLAA-Q), food literacy (using the SFLQ), and use of social media influencers as sources of information on healthy lifestyles (mapped through self-report questions). For another, it studied whether correlations appear to exist between SMI use, health literacy, and food literacy. The results show that the more frequently adolescents use SMIs as sources of information, the better their health literacy and food literacy are. Consequently, health promotors, such as schools and healthcare professionals, should use the channels adolescents use to enhance their critical health and food literacy, and ultimately their health.
社交媒体影响者（SMIs）已成为青少年除父母、医生和学校之外获取健康相关信息的重要替代来源。青少年使用社交媒体影响者是否会导致其整体健康素养和食品素养的下降或提高，仍有待确定。一方面，本研究（N = 509）调查了青少年的健康素养（使用MOHLAA-Q）、食品素养（使用SFLQ），以及将社交媒体影响者作为健康生活方式信息来源的使用情况（通过自我报告问题进行梳理）。另一方面，研究了社交媒体影响者的使用、健康素养和食品素养之间是否存在相关性。结果表明，青少年越频繁地将社交媒体影响者作为信息来源，他们的健康素养和食品素养就越高。因此，诸如学校和医疗保健专业人员等健康促进者应利用青少年使用的渠道来提高他们的关键健康和食品素养，最终改善他们的健康状况。
