Carrie Kw Tse|Susan Bridges|Divya Srinivasan|Brenda Ss Cheng
Social Media in Adolescent Health Literacy Education: A Pilot Study
University of Hong Kong|Chinese University of Hong Kong|University of Hong Kong|Chinese University of Hong Kong|University of Hong Kong|University of Hong Kong|Chinese University of Hong Kong
health literacy gained notice global stage initial focus seeking associations medical conditions may overlooked impact across generations adolescent health literacy specifically dentistry underexplored area despite significance formative stage individuals approach healthy lifestyles behaviorsthe aim conduct pilot study evaluate efficacy three major social media outlets twitter facebook youtube supporting adolescents oral health literacy ohl educationa random sample 22 adolescents aged 1416 years englishmedium international school hong kong provided informed consent sociodemographic information including english language background social media usage dental experience collected via questionnaire pre posttest ohl reald30 administered two trained calibrated examiners following pretest participants randomly assigned one three social media outlets twitter facebook youtube participants received alerts posted daily 5 consecutive days requiring online accessing modified original ohl education materials oneway anova analysis variance used compare mean difference pre posttest results among three social mediano associations found social media allocated participants sociodemographics including english language background social media usage dental experience three social media significant differences literacy assessment scores evident participants received oral health education messages via facebook p02 youtube p005based results pilot study facebook youtube may efficient media outlets ohl promotion education among adolescent school children compared twitter analyses larger study group warranted