Abstract
Adolescents are large consumers of communication technologies. The majority of teens today go online to find information, talk to friends via a social media site and play Internet games - many times on their mobile phones. Yet the use of information technologies to reach adolescents for healthcare education and interventions is underutilized. This article aims to demonstrate the potential of using current communication technologies as intervention platforms to improve health in adolescents and makes an argument for more research to determine the effectiveness of consumer health informatics for youth.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Article number | 1199 |
| Journal | Online Journal of Nursing Informatics |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| State | Published - 2012 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Communication technologies
- Consumer health informatics
- Information technologies
- Internet based applications
- Patient-centered applications
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Health Informatics
- Nursing (miscellaneous)