A Picture Worth a Thousand Texts? Investigating the Influences of Visual Appeals in a Text Message-Based Health Intervention.

Healthy eating among young people may curb obesity and improve health, but strong messaging is needed for healthy eating interventions. In the current work, we evaluated the usefulness of visual appeals in a pilot text message-based healthy eating intervention among college students. A 2 (gain vs.

Propagation of Information About Preexposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV Prevention Through Twitter.

Previous literature has suggested that examining Twitter messages can be productive for studying how the public shares and spreads health information on social media. Preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a promising approach to HIV prevention, yet there are many issues that may influence its effective implementation. This study examined social representations of PrEP on Twitter.

Cancer survivor identity shared in a social media intervention.

This study investigates how cancer survivors construct their identities and the impact on their psychological health, as measured by depression and survivor self-efficacy. Fourteen young adult survivors of pediatric cancer participated in a customized social networking and video blog intervention program, the LIFECommunity, over a 6-month period. Survivors were asked to share their stories on various topics by posting video messages.