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Consumer Engagement With Risk Information on Prescription Drug Social Media Pages: Findings From In-Depth Interviews

Consumer Engagement With Risk Information on Prescription Drug Social Media Pages: Findings From In-Depth Interviews

Their multipurpose use of social media platforms for corporate identity, community management, and paid promotion of their products achieves varying levels of measured success [1]. The health care and pharmaceutical industry in the United States spends a significant amount of money on social media promotion. Between July and November 2020, this industry spent US $198.3 million on Facebook promotion and US $151.5 million on Instagram posts [2].

Jacqueline B Amoozegar, Peyton Williams, Kristen C Giombi, Courtney Richardson, Ella Shenkar, Rebecca L Watkins, Amie C O'Donoghue, Helen W Sullivan

J Med Internet Res 2025;27:e67361

Pervasive Games for Sexual Health Promotion: Scoping Literature Review

Pervasive Games for Sexual Health Promotion: Scoping Literature Review

Apps in this area have been vital for health promotion, and due to their omnipresent nature, they have integrated into people’s daily lives [16]. For example, studies have been conducted on the use of mobile devices for the continuous monitoring, diagnosis, and treatment of mental health conditions [17,18] as well as to improve adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) in young people with HIV [19].

Claudio Rubio, Felipe Besoain

JMIR Serious Games 2025;13:e58912

Navigating Awareness and Strategies to Support Dementia Advocacy on Social Media During World Alzheimer’s Month: Infodemiology Study

Navigating Awareness and Strategies to Support Dementia Advocacy on Social Media During World Alzheimer’s Month: Infodemiology Study

This research sheds light on the need for more dementia advocacy and awareness to support the promotion of cognitive health. Globally, organizations are striving to reduce stigma through dementia advocacy and awareness campaigns. For example, the World Health Organization has published numerous global reports advocating for the need to reduce stigma and increase dementia awareness [19,20].

Juanita-Dawne Bacsu, Sarah Anne Fraser, Ali Akbar Jamali, Christine Conanan, Alison L Chasteen, Shirin Vellani, Rory Gowda-Sookochoff, Corinne Berger, Jasmine C Mah, Florriann Fehr, Anila Virani, Zahra Rahemi, Kate Nanson, Allison Cammer, Melissa K Andrew, Karl S Grewal, Katherine S McGilton, Samantha Lautrup, Raymond J Spiteri

JMIR Infodemiology 2024;4:e63464

Leveraging Ecological Momentary Assessment Data to Characterize Individual Mobility: Exploratory Pilot Study in Rural Uganda

Leveraging Ecological Momentary Assessment Data to Characterize Individual Mobility: Exploratory Pilot Study in Rural Uganda

Understanding people’s activity spaces (the places visited and the activities that take place there) can inform health promotion design and implementation. For example, one of the few GPS-based human mobility studies in the region used individual-level data to inform malaria programs in Zimbabwe as to whether bed nets should be delivered to households or high-mobility areas during the rainy season [4].

Aleya Khalifa, Laura K Beres, Aggrey Anok, Ismail Mbabali, Charles Katabalwa, Jeremiah Mulamba, Alvin G Thomas, Eva Bugos, Gertrude Nakigozi, Larry W Chang, M Kate Grabowski

JMIR Form Res 2024;8:e54207

Social Media Promotion of Health Tests With Potential for Overdiagnosis or Overuse: Protocol for a Content Analysis

Social Media Promotion of Health Tests With Potential for Overdiagnosis or Overuse: Protocol for a Content Analysis

The study will explore how the benefits and harms including overdiagnosis and overuse of the tests are discussed, whether evidence is being used in the promotion of tests, what is the overall tone, transparency around potential conflicts of interest, and what themes are being used in the discussion or promotion of tests. This study uses content analysis of information on tests from influential social media platforms, Instagram and Tik Tok.

Brooke Nickel, Raffael Heiss, Patti Shih, Emma Grundtvig Gram, Tessa Copp, Melody Taba, Ray Moynihan, Joshua Zadro

JMIR Res Protoc 2024;13:e56899

The Influence of Joe Wicks on Physical Activity During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Thematic, Location, and Social Network Analysis of X Data

The Influence of Joe Wicks on Physical Activity During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Thematic, Location, and Social Network Analysis of X Data

The relevance of social capital in relation to health is now well recognized in the social sciences, and theoretically informed studies on fitness influencers’ promotion and portrayal of “healthy” bodies is a developing area of interest for health sociology and ill health studies [75,76]. With its long-standing empirical interest in social capital, health sociology is beginning to pay attention to the personalities and figures who have emerged because of the shift to neoliberal health policy.

Wasim Ahmed, Opeoluwa Aiyenitaju, Simon Chadwick, Mariann Hardey, Alex Fenton

J Med Internet Res 2024;26:e49921

The Effectiveness of Fully Automated Digital Interventions in Promoting Mental Well-Being in the General Population: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

The Effectiveness of Fully Automated Digital Interventions in Promoting Mental Well-Being in the General Population: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

It is important to focus exclusively on the effective promotion of mental well-being [8], as only a small proportion of the general population has optimal levels of mental well-being [7,9]. In addition, mental well-being in the general population is crucial for allowing society and the individuals within it to thrive.

Julia Groot, Alexander MacLellan, Madelaine Butler, Elisa Todor, Mahnoor Zulfiqar, Timothy Thackrah, Christopher Clarke, Mark Brosnan, Ben Ainsworth

JMIR Ment Health 2023;10:e44658

Can AI Mitigate Bias in Writing Letters of Recommendation?

Can AI Mitigate Bias in Writing Letters of Recommendation?

Letters of recommendation include any letter written to support or sponsor an individual for a job [1,2], internship [3], or training position [4]; a scholarship or grant; an award or recognition; a promotion; or other important professional milestones. For example, letters of support for a job application may be used in so-called round 1 selection stages, even before a candidate interviews for a position.

Tiffany I Leung, Ankita Sagar, Swati Shroff, Tracey L Henry

JMIR Med Educ 2023;9:e51494