Infographic - Considering the Impact of Social Media on Contemporary Improvement of Australian Aboriginal Health: Scoping Review

Infographic of 'Considering the Impact of Social Media on Contemporary Improvement of Australian Aboriginal Health: Scoping Review' publication. A link to the journal article is found below (Walker et al, 2019, DOI 10.2196/11573).AbstractBackgroundSocial media may have a significant role in influencing the present and future health implications among Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, yet there has been no review of the role of social media in improving health.ObjectiveThis study aims to examine the extent of health initiatives using social media that aimed to improve the health of Australian Aboriginal communities.MethodsA scoping review was conducted by systematically searching databases CINAHL Plus; PubMed; Scopus; Web of Science, and Ovid MEDLINE in June 2017 using the terms and their synonyms “Aboriginal” and “Social media.” In addition, reference lists of included studies and the Indigenous HealthInfonet gray literature were searched. Key information about the social media intervention and its impacts on health were extracted and data synthesized using narrative summaries.Results Five papers met inclusion criteria. All included studies were published in the past 5 years and involved urban, rural, and remote Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people aged 12-60 years. No studies reported objective impacts on health. Three papers found that social media provided greater space for sharing health messages in a 2-way exchange. The negative portrayal of Aboriginal people and negative health impacts of social media were described in 2 papers.ConclusionsSocial media may be a useful strategy to provide health messages and sharing of content among Aboriginal people, but objective impacts on health remain unknown. More research is necessary on social media as a way to connect, communicate, and improve Aboriginal health with particular emphasis on community control, self-empowerment, and decolonization.

《考量社交媒体对当代澳大利亚原住民健康改善的影响：范围综述》出版物信息图。期刊论文链接如下（Walker等人，2019年，DOI 10.2196/11573）。

摘要

背景：社交媒体或可对澳大利亚原住民与托雷斯海峡岛民群体当前及未来的健康结局产生重要影响，但目前尚无针对社交媒体在改善健康方面作用的综述研究。

研究目的：本研究旨在梳理以改善澳大利亚原住民社区健康为目标、依托社交媒体开展的健康相关举措的覆盖范围。

研究方法：本研究采用范围综述方法，于2017年6月系统检索了CINAHL Plus、PubMed、Scopus、Web of Science及Ovid MEDLINE数据库，检索词及其同义词为"Aboriginal"与"Social media"。此外，本研究还对纳入研究的参考文献列表及Indigenous HealthInfonet灰色文献进行了检索。研究人员提取了有关社交媒体干预措施及其健康影响的关键信息，并采用叙述性总结法对数据进行综合分析。

结果：共有5篇文献符合纳入标准。所有纳入研究均发表于近5年内，研究对象为年龄在12至60岁之间的城市、乡村及偏远地区原住民或托雷斯海峡岛民。尚无研究报道社交媒体对健康的客观影响。3篇文献发现，社交媒体为健康信息的双向交流提供了更广阔的空间。另有2篇文献提及了对原住民群体的负面刻画以及社交媒体对健康的负面影响。

结论：社交媒体或可成为向原住民群体传播健康信息、共享内容的有效手段，但其对健康的客观影响仍不明确。未来需开展更多针对社交媒体作为连接、沟通及改善原住民健康的工具的研究，尤其应关注社区主导、自我赋权及去殖民化等维度。