2019-03-12While social media can serve as beneficial channels for exchanging health information and social support, they have also been blamed for promoting risky health behavior. Social media platforms can facilitate online relationship formation and information sharing among people who engage in risky health behavior such as smoking or unprotected sex. The purpose of this project is to gain a better understanding of how individuals who promote risky health behavior form networks on social media and what kinds of information they are motivated to share. ❧ Focusing on smoking behavior, the first study investigates the theoretical mechanisms that drive social network formation among pro-smoking users, and examines an empirical instance of on...
While the importance of social networks for health behaviors is well-recognized, relatively little i...
Introduction: Given increasing efforts to regulate e-cigarettes, it is important to understand facto...
It is suggested that the widespread adoption of social media has created huge potential for the soci...
Introduction: Social networks have shown promise in curbing drug dependency and infectious diseases...
Social networks influence health behavior, including tobacco use and cessation. To date, little is k...
Online social networks have the potential to influence individuals’ health, from providing informati...
In spite of the risks, people often share large quantities of personal information online. The objec...
Color poster with text and graphs describing research conducted by Joseph Pruis, advised by Rosemary...
Background Social networks, i.e., our in-person and online social relations, are key to lifestyle be...
One of the major public health findings in recent years has been the discovery of the strong impact ...
BACKGROUND: Smoking continues to be the number one preventable cause of premature death in the Unite...
Background Social networks, i.e., our in-person and online social relations, are key to lifestyle be...
While the importance of social networks for health behaviors is well-recognized, relatively little i...
We examined engagement in novel quit-smoking private social support networks on Twitter, January 201...
Despite substantial investments in public health campaigns, misunderstanding of health-related scien...
While the importance of social networks for health behaviors is well-recognized, relatively little i...
Introduction: Given increasing efforts to regulate e-cigarettes, it is important to understand facto...
It is suggested that the widespread adoption of social media has created huge potential for the soci...
Introduction: Social networks have shown promise in curbing drug dependency and infectious diseases...
Social networks influence health behavior, including tobacco use and cessation. To date, little is k...
Online social networks have the potential to influence individuals’ health, from providing informati...
In spite of the risks, people often share large quantities of personal information online. The objec...
Color poster with text and graphs describing research conducted by Joseph Pruis, advised by Rosemary...
Background Social networks, i.e., our in-person and online social relations, are key to lifestyle be...
One of the major public health findings in recent years has been the discovery of the strong impact ...
BACKGROUND: Smoking continues to be the number one preventable cause of premature death in the Unite...
Background Social networks, i.e., our in-person and online social relations, are key to lifestyle be...
While the importance of social networks for health behaviors is well-recognized, relatively little i...
We examined engagement in novel quit-smoking private social support networks on Twitter, January 201...
Despite substantial investments in public health campaigns, misunderstanding of health-related scien...
While the importance of social networks for health behaviors is well-recognized, relatively little i...
Introduction: Given increasing efforts to regulate e-cigarettes, it is important to understand facto...
It is suggested that the widespread adoption of social media has created huge potential for the soci...