Understanding Social Media and Online Resource Use by Transgender Youth and Caregivers

Evans, Yolanda; Gridley, Samantha J.; Crouch, Julia; Wang, Alisha; Moreno, Megan A.; Ahrens, Kym R.; Breland, David J.

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2016.10.355

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“…The power of peer-to-peer education further demonstrates the opportunity for health care providers to collaborate with content creators to improve health literacy, build trust, address questions, and provide a source of accurate and evidence-based information. [15][16][17][18][19][20] Further research on the diet and nutrition considerations for transgender individuals should reflect the interests and expressed needs of the transgender community.…”

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“…Social media in particular has emerged as a platform for peer-to-peer education, resource sharing, and formation of a virtual social network. [15][16][17][18][19] Transgender adolescents are utilizing social media to connect with a virtual transgender community, share personal experiences of transitioning, and learn about both medical and nonmedical transition strategies. However, these sites have also become platforms for bullying and discrimination.…”

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Nutrition-Related Messages Shared Among the Online Transgender Community: A Netnography of YouTube Vloggers

Schier

Linsenmeyer

2019

Transgender Health

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Purpose: Nutrition care guidelines for the transgender population do not exist, despite significant nutritionrelated clinical and psychosocial considerations. Social networking sites (SNSs) provide multidirectional communication and have expanded in popularity among transgender users as a resource for health information and support. The nature of the content shared among the online transgender community is unknown, but may suggest the nutrition-related areas that are of most importance to the transgender population. The objective of this qualitative netnography was to describe the food and nutrition messages shared among the transgender community using video blogs (vlogs) on the SNS, YouTube. Methods: Public vlogs were assessed using the constant comparative method. Pseudoquantitative methods were used to capture the prevalence of each subtheme; quotes were documented verbatim. Data were collected from transgender users' public vlogs (n = 30) self-published on YouTube from 2013 to 2018. Results: Six major themes were generated from the data analysis. These included the following: functions of diet and exercise; diet and exercise philosophies; ''how to'' vlogs; advice for success; using dietary supplements; and effects of hormone therapy. Conclusions: Nutrition-related messages are widely shared among the online transgender community through YouTube. The identified themes reflect topics of interest and expressed needs of transgender individuals. SNSs provide health care providers with a platform to improve patient education and health literacy. Health care providers may actively engage in online discussions to build trust, answer questions, and provide a source of accurate and evidence-based information. Social media as a health information resourceThe transgender population faces several barriers to adequate health care, including discrimination, lack of trained providers, financial constraints, and

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Nutrition-Related Messages Shared Among the Online Transgender Community: A Netnography of YouTube Vloggers

Schier

Linsenmeyer

2019

Transgender Health

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“…In parallel, the research team’s medical librarian (KD) performed a literature search on a medical bibliographic database (ie, PubMed) for research articles on the health information–seeking behavior of TGD people. This process identified the categories of information most frequently searched on the web (eg, hormone therapy, health insurance, mental health support, and surgery options) [ 63 - 66 ]. Next, the librarian performed a Google search to identify health information resources freely available to the public in each of these categories.…”

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A Transgender Health Information Resource: Participatory Design Study

Morse¹,

Soares²,

Kwan³

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JMIR Hum Factors

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Background Despite the abundance of health information on the internet for people who identify as transgender and gender diverse (TGD), much of the content used is found on social media channels, requiring individuals to vet the information for relevance and quality. Objective We developed a prototype transgender health information resource (TGHIR) delivered via a mobile app to provide credible health and wellness information for people who are TGD. Methods We partnered with the TGD community and used a participatory design approach that included focus groups and co-design sessions to identify users’ needs and priorities. We used the Agile software development methodology to build the prototype. A medical librarian and physicians with expertise in transgender health curated a set of 97 information resources that constituted the foundational content of the prototype. To evaluate the prototype TGHIR app, we assessed the app with test users, using a single item from the System Usability Scale to assess feature usability, cognitive walk-throughs, and the user version of the Mobile Application Rating Scale to evaluate the app’s objective and subjective quality. Results A total of 13 people who identified as TGD or TGD allies rated their satisfaction with 9 of 10 (90%) app features as good to excellent, and 1 (10%) of the features—the ability to filter to narrow TGHIR resources—was rated as okay. The overall quality score on the user version of the Mobile Application Rating Scale was 4.25 out of 5 after 4 weeks of use, indicating a good-quality mobile app. The information subscore received the highest rating, at 4.75 out of 5. Conclusions Community partnership and participatory design were effective in the development of the TGHIR app, resulting in an information resource app with satisfactory features and overall high-quality ratings. Test users felt that the TGHIR app would be helpful for people who are TGD and their care partners.

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Technology Use Among Special Populations

Schimmel‐Bristow

Ahrens

2018

Technology and Adolescent Mental Health

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Understanding Social Media and Online Resource Use by Transgender Youth and Caregivers

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Nutrition-Related Messages Shared Among the Online Transgender Community: A Netnography of YouTube Vloggers

Nutrition-Related Messages Shared Among the Online Transgender Community: A Netnography of YouTube Vloggers

A Transgender Health Information Resource: Participatory Design Study

Technology Use Among Special Populations

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