Young People, Social Media and Health

 The project provides clear evidence of the ways in which adolescents both engage with and generate health-related content on social media, the impacts they report on their health-related knowledge, understanding and behaviours, and the need for relevant adults to become more digitally literate.

The evidence was generated with 1346 young people in the UK who worked with us to communicate their experiences of social media. Evidence was also generated from 35 international teachers, community workers and researchers specialising in school-based policies and health interventions.

This work was supported by the Wellcome Trust