Kelly Pretorius|Karen E. Johnson|Lynn Rew
An Integrative Review: Understanding Parental Use of Social Media to Influence Infant and Child Health
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation|The University of Texas at Austin|The University of Texas at Austin|The University of Texas at Austin
parents young children unique informational needs demonstrated informationseeking behaviors influence health outcomes due social medias popularity understanding parents use social media may assist disseminating accurate parenting information developing targeted interventions thus aimed identify describe existing literature parental use social media parenting usafter searching nine databases two separate boolean phrases identified articles reviewed inclusion exclusion criteria applied resulting 12 articles published january 2004 may 2018 related parental use social media parenting infant health us data relevant articles extracted analyzedfacebook frequent social media format parental utilization social media varied raceethnicity region studies primarily focused women range article topics identified common infant feeding practices finally two themes emerged 1 parental support via social media 2 effectiveness using social media health communication targeting parentssocial media provided support parents effective communicating health information thus public health organizations include social media efforts promote infant child health research needed identify demographic differences social media use among parents