Use of Social Media and Other Electronic Media in Health Education and Health Promotion (Pilot Study
Alshammari, A., Alshammari, H. (2017). Use of Social Media and Other Electronic Media in Health Education and Health Promotion (Pilot Study. EKB Journal Management System, 69(6), 2658-2662. doi: 10.12816/0042244
Abdullah S Alshammari; Hotoon S Alshammari. "Use of Social Media and Other Electronic Media in Health Education and Health Promotion (Pilot Study". EKB Journal Management System, 69, 6, 2017, 2658-2662. doi: 10.12816/0042244
Alshammari, A., Alshammari, H. (2017). 'Use of Social Media and Other Electronic Media in Health Education and Health Promotion (Pilot Study', EKB Journal Management System, 69(6), pp. 2658-2662. doi: 10.12816/0042244
Alshammari, A., Alshammari, H. Use of Social Media and Other Electronic Media in Health Education and Health Promotion (Pilot Study. EKB Journal Management System, 2017; 69(6): 2658-2662. doi: 10.12816/0042244

Use of Social Media and Other Electronic Media in Health Education and Health Promotion (Pilot Study

The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine
Article 16, Volume 69, Issue 6, October 2017, Page 2658-2662  XML PDF (142.98 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.12816/0042244
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Authors
Abdullah S Alshammari; Hotoon S Alshammari
College of Medicine, AlMaarefa College, College of Medicine Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University
Abstract
Background: social media is becoming progressively used for improving health literacy and health promotion.
Objectives: this study aimed to find out the magnitude of use of social media among people of Saudi Arabia and how far they were used to send health education messages.
Methods: this study was a cross sectional study was conducted on convenient sample of participants using survey monkey software. The collected surveys over one month were entered into PC computer using SPSS software. Results: it was found that the majority of participants used one sort of social media or another. Also it was found that Instagram, WhatsApp and SMS were the most preferred media. There were age and gender differences.  More than 50% of the participants received health promotion messages and they thought that it was a good idea.
 Methods: A Cross sectional study was conducted on convenient sample of participants using survey monkey software. The collected surveys over one month were entered into pc computer using SPSS software. Results: it was found that the majority of participants uses one sort of social media or another. Also it was found that Instagram, WhatsApp and SMS were the most preferred media. There were age and gender differences.  More than 50% of the participants received health promotion messages and they thought it was a good idea.
Conclusion: it’s a good opportunity to use these preferred social media to send health education messages to the target population.
 
Keywords
Electronic Media; social media; health education
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