title: Teens, technology, and health care.
abstract: Teens are avid users of new technologies and social media. Nearly 95% of US adolescents are online at least occasionally. Health care professionals and organizations that work with teens should identify online health information that is both accurate and teen friendly. Early studies indicate that some of the new health technology tools are acceptable to teens, particularly texting, computer-based psychosocial screening, and online interventions. Technology is being used to provide sexual health education, medication reminders for contraception, and information on locally available health care services. This article reviews early and emerging studies of technology use to promote teen health.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA; Institute for Family Health, 16 East 16th Street, New York, NY 10003, USA. Electronic address: fleanza@institute2000.org.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Leanza
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA; Institute for Family Health, 16 East 16th Street, New York, NY 10003, USA.
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hauser
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000295:Adolescent Medicine; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000628:therapy; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D057226:Information Seeking Behavior; D020407:Internet; D008490:Medical Informatics; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D060728:Reproductive Health; D061108:Social Media
keywords: Chronic disease management; Computer-based or Web-based interventions; Social media; Technology; Teen sexual health; Teens; Text messaging