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Revision as of 01:20, 9 April 2015
This is a review of “Not all my friends need to know”: A qualitative study of teenage patients, privacy, and social media. [1].
Contents
Background
Teenagers are substantial users of social media and tend to share their personal health information PHI on-line. This paper studies their on-line behavior and their concern for privacy.
Methods
The studies consisted of patients with chronic illnesses obtaining treatment from Children’s Hospital of eastern Ontario (CHEO) and a pediatric institute in Ottawa, Canada. A variety of technologies were available to the patients. Consent was given by parents and patients were interviewed on their on-line activity.
Results
The following themes were analyzed: Online information-seeking behavior, Online communication, Applied privacy awareness, Self-protection and Self-definition. Teens often mentioned that they couldn’t spend time in school or with friends due to being in the hospital. They did not go into detail about their prognosis. They were generally concerned about their privacy but didn’t pay attention to their settings.
Comments
References
- ↑ Van der Velden, M., & Emam, K. (2013). “Not all my friends need to know”: A qualitative study of teenage patients, privacy, and social media. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 20(1), 16-24. Retrieved April 5, 2015, from http://jamia.oxfordjournals.org/content/20/1/16