Exploring the role of social support and social media for lifestyle interventions to prevent weight gain with young adults: Focus group findings
Exploring the role of social support and social media for lifestyle interventions to prevent weight gain with young adults: Focus group findings
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探讨社会支持和社会媒体在生活方式干预中预防年轻人体重增加的作用：焦点小组研究结果
DOI：
10.1111/jhn.12774
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发表时间：
2020-06-09
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Nour, M.
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Allman-Farinelli, M.;Nour, M.
背景年轻人每年比其他成年人增加更多的体重，并可能注定要成为未来的肥胖症。需要有效的干预措施，而社会支持可能是成功的关键因素。本研究探讨如何最好地利用社交媒体来支持年轻人在健康生活方式计划中实现他们的健康目标。方法从社区招募18-25岁的年轻人参加一系列四个焦点小组，由一名经验丰富的协调员领导，并使用事先制定的讨论指南。讨论探讨了他们对哪些社交媒体平台适合提供社会支持、哪些类型的支持是相关的(家人和朋友与陌生人)以及在健康生活方式干预中鼓励点对点交流的因素的看法。利用定性软件NVivo Version 11(QSR International Pty Ltd.，澳大利亚墨尔本，VIC)对会议进行录音、转录和分析。以消费者参与的社会认同和社会影响模型为理论依据，采用归纳法生成主题。Facebook是促进社会支持的最受欢迎的平台，这是由于其私人团体能力，并已被嵌入他们的日常生活中。他们的偏好是将目标相似的陌生人分组在较小的参与者小组中。讨论强调了一个可信和可联系的健康教练作为导师、调解人和榜样的不可或缺的角色。结论从这项研究中学到的知识将被应用于在生活方式干预中优化社交媒体支持群体的参与。
Background Young adults gain more weight annually than other adults and may be destined for future obesity. Effective interventions are needed, and social support may be a key element for success. The present study explores how best to leverage social media to support young adults with their health goals in a healthy lifestyle programme.Method Young adults aged 18-25 years were recruited from the community to a series of four focus groups led by an experienced facilitator who used a discussion guide developed a priori. The discussion explored their opinions regarding which social media platforms were appropriate for providing social support, the types of support that were relevant (family and friends versus strangers) and factors that would encourage peer-to-peer communication in a healthy lifestyle intervention. Sessions were audio-taped, transcribed and analysed using the qualitative software, nvivo, version 11 (QSR International Pty Ltd., Melbourne, VIC, Australia). Themes were generated using an inductive approach informed by the Theory of Social Identity and Social Influence Model of Consumer Participation.Results Thirty-three people (12 male) participated. Facebook was the most popular platform for facilitating social support as a result of its private group capabilities and already being embedded into their daily routines. The preference was to be grouped with strangers who shared similar goals in smaller groups of participants. The discussions highlighted the integral role of a credible and relatable health coach to serve as a mentor, mediator and role model.Conclusions The learnings from this research will be applied to optimise engagement within social media support groups in lifestyle interventions.