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Linnea Laestadius
@LinneaLaestadius
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Technology and health, commercial determinants of health, health communication, and health equity policy. Qualitative researcher. Associate Prof of public health policy. JHSPH and GWU alumna. Views my own.
At #ICA23 and very much enjoying Sonia Livingston suggesting a child rights based framework to youth and the internet (and glad she mentioned that US still hasn’t ratified the the Convention on the Rights of the Child)
There’s a real risk for harm, and things get messy when profit is involved. As I say in the article, what if your partner was owned by a private company? There are risks precisely because it does meet a need tho! Shutting them down isn't ideal either. More below (DM me if you don’t have it in your library) https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/14614448221142007
There's a great new piece by
@pranshuverma in the Post about AI chatbots, Replika, and what it means for well-being when developers change those chatbots without consulting with the users who have come to rely on them. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/03/30/replika-ai-chatbot-update/
@pranshuverma in the Post about AI chatbots, Replika, and what it means for well-being when developers change those chatbots without consulting with the users who have come to rely on them. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/03/30/replika-ai-chatbot-update/
New paper out from my great MPH Capstone student looking at contraception information promoted on Pinterest! #publichealth #socialmediaresearch #AcademicMastodom https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10901981231152238
‼️New paper out in New Media & Society where we looked at potential mental health harms from use of social companion chatbots (more specifically Replika). Precisely because they are so good (and in many ways helpful!), we found indications that people display emotional dependence on them, which then opens the door to distress. Lots of ethical, tech dependence, and design implications of this #ai #publichealth https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/14614448221142007
Cynthia CoxNEW: Now, more than half of people dying of COVID are vaccinated.
COVID is on track to be the 3rd leading cause of death, for the 3rd year in a row.
Vaccines are highly effective but protection wanes. This is not simply a pandemic of the unvaccinated.
Get boosted. Wear a mask in crowds. Get tested. These extra measures are particularly important for people who are older, at higher risk, and/or around those who are.
#GetBoosted #WearAMask
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/23/vaccinated-people-now-make-up-majority-covid-deaths/
Happy to see a call for agencies to mention that long COVID is real and serious because health depts have really struggled with this https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/10/5973 #longcovid #publichealth
State Health Department Communication about Long COVID in the United States on Facebook: Risks, Prevention, and Support
Greater public awareness of long COVID severity and susceptibility is needed to support those with long COVID and encourage preventive behaviors. It is not yet known to what extent health departments have informed the public about long COVID risks or offered guidance and support for those with long COVID. The objective of this research was to determine how and to what extent US state health departments have communicated with the public about long COVID via Facebook. Facebook posts with COVID-19 and long COVID terms made by 50 US state health departments plus Washington, DC, from 1 January 2020 to 31 January 2022, were collected using CrowdTangle. The first long COVID post appeared on 15 July 2020. From 15 July 2020 to 31 January 2022, state health departments made 49,310 COVID-19 posts and 137 long COVID posts. Using quantitative content analysis methods, long COVID posts were coded for health belief model constructs. Among long COVID posts, 75.18% included language about susceptibility, 64.96% severity, and 64.23% benefits of prevention. Cues to preventive action appeared in 54.01% of posts. 19.71% of posts provided guidance for those with long COVID. While health departments posted extensively about COVID-19, posts about long COVID were rare. This represents a missed opportunity to bolster arguments for preventive behaviors and support those experiencing long COVID.
The new HHS #longcovid report seems pretty decent in terms of articulating policy and practice recommendations. I hope Congress and the Biden Administration (and Drs and employers) are actually listening though. https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2022/11/21/hhs-releases-long-covid-report-providing-insights-and-opportunities-support.html
Lars E. F. JohannessenIncentives for academics have become increasingly perverse over the last 50 years, according to this 2017 article by Edwards and Roy
The table below neatly summarizes their key findings ⬇️
