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Health and Technology
Megatrends
Susannah Fox | @susannahfox

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One-third of those living with chronic
conditions are now more likely to take
necessary medications
Risk of admission to a neonatal ICU during
first year of life reduced by 63%
1.1-point reduction in HbA1c among those
with poorly-controlled diabetes

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#PeerHealthAdvice

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YouTube: 73% of U.S. adults
Facebook: 68%
Instagram: 35%
Pinterest: 29% (41% of women)
Snapchat: 27%
LinkedIn: 25% (half of college grads)
Twitter: 24%
WhatsApp: 22% (half of Latinos)
Source: Pew Research Center, 2018.

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YouTube: 85% of U.S. teens
Instagram: 72%
Snapchat: 69%
Facebook: 51% (70% of lower-income)
Twitter: 32%
Tumblr: 9%
Reddit: 7%
Source: Anderson and Jiang, “Teens, Social Media & Technology 2018” Pew Research Center.

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61% of U.S. teens and young
adults say they have read,
listened to, or watched other
people share about their
health experiences online.
Source: Rideout & Fox, Digital Health Practices, Social Media Use, and Mental Well-Being Among
Teens and Young Adults in the U.S., Hopelab/Well Being Trust, 2018.

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One-third of U.S. teens and
young adults have
successfully connected with
health peers online and 91%
of them say the experience
was helpful.
Source: Rideout & Fox, Digital Health Practices, Social Media Use, and Mental Well-Being Among
Teens and Young Adults in the U.S., Hopelab/Well Being Trust, 2018.

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Positive response: peer connection
“I find people with similar things that
are making me sad and I read about
how they handle it.”
 14-year-old Latina female
Source: Rideout & Fox, Digital Health Practices, Social Media Use, and Mental Well-Being Among Teens and
Young Adults in the U.S., Hopelab/Well Being Trust, 2018.

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Negative response: self-loathing
“Sometimes I am aware of how bad it
[social media] makes me feel but I
keep using it just because I want to
continue my self-loathing.”
22-year-old African American female
Source: Rideout & Fox, Digital Health Practices, Social Media Use, and Mental Well-Being Among Teens and
Young Adults in the U.S., Hopelab/Well Being Trust, 2018.

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Positive response: support and
connection
“I don’t know how to describe it, but
whenever I feel down, there are
always people there to help me,
whether my friends or strangers I’ve
only met through the internet.”
 15-year-old Caucasian male
Source: Rideout & Fox, Digital Health Practices, Social Media Use, and Mental Well-Being Among Teens and
Young Adults in the U.S., Hopelab/Well Being Trust, 2018.

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Be useful

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One-third of those living with chronic conditions are
now more likely to take necessary medications
- Wicks et al. Journal of Medical Internet Research
vol. 20, No. 5 (2018)
Risk of admission to a neonatal ICU during first year
of life reduced by 63%
- Centering Health Care Institute
1.1-point reduction in HbA1c among those with
poorly-controlled diabetes
- Long et al. Annals of Internal Medicine vol. 156,6
(2012)

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