Nikki Hei Tong Lam1, John Ta-Hsiang Tsiang2, Benjamin K P Woo3. 1. Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH, USA. hlam@neomed.edu. 2. Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA. 3. University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Social media can bridge the gap between health care and ethnic minorities over cultural barriers. This study explores the role of YouTube in delivering schizophrenia education to individuals in the USA who are also fluent in Chinese. METHODS: Three psychoeducational YouTube videos related to schizophrenia were uploaded. Data were collected for a 12-month period, and results were analyzed using descriptive statistics. RESULTS: The videos recorded 4935 views with a total viewing time of 35,614 min. The first-episode psychosis video had the most number of views and shares, and the longest total watch time and average view duration. The targeted age group (< 34 years old) comprised about half of the total views and had a 14.4% longer average view duration compared to the overall average. CONCLUSION: YouTube is a useful tool that delivers schizophrenia education to Chinese-speaking individuals in the USA. It may also help alleviate the negative stigma regarding schizophrenia and other mental health issues.
OBJECTIVE: Social media can bridge the gap between health care and ethnic minorities over cultural barriers. This study explores the role of YouTube in delivering schizophrenia education to individuals in the USA who are also fluent in Chinese. METHODS: Three psychoeducational YouTube videos related to schizophrenia were uploaded. Data were collected for a 12-month period, and results were analyzed using descriptive statistics. RESULTS: The videos recorded 4935 views with a total viewing time of 35,614 min. The first-episode psychosis video had the most number of views and shares, and the longest total watch time and average view duration. The targeted age group (< 34 years old) comprised about half of the total views and had a 14.4% longer average view duration compared to the overall average. CONCLUSION: YouTube is a useful tool that delivers schizophrenia education to Chinese-speaking individuals in the USA. It may also help alleviate the negative stigma regarding schizophrenia and other mental health issues.
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Communication; Mental health; Schizophrenia; Social media; Stigma
Authors: Pedro Fukuti; Caroline Louise Mesquita Uchôa; Marina Flaborea Mazzoco; Isabella D'Andrea Garcia da Cruz; Mariana V F Echegaray; Eduardo de Castro Humes; Júlia Belizário Silveira; Talita Di Santi; Euripedes Constantino Miguel; Felipe Corchs; Daniel Fatori; Guilherme Campello; Gabriel M de Oliveira; Felipe C Argolo; Felipe de M Ferreira; Gustavo Machado; Adriana Argeu; Graça Maria Ramos de Oliveira; Antônio de Pádua Serafim; Luciana de Lima Siqueira; Luciane de Rossi; Izabel Cristina Rios; Talita Rodrigues de Oliveira; Leilane C K Antoniazzi; Daniel Augusto Mori Gagliotti; Emílio Abelama Neto; Paulo Novais de Oliveira Junior; Aline Villalobo Correia; Luca Schilling Gonçalves; Liana Silva Tortato; Wagner Machado Moraes Busato; Flávio Guimarães-Fernandes; Marcos Alves; Oswaldo Ferreira Leite Netto; Patrícia de Campos Lindenberg Schoueri; Márcio de Assis Roque; Silvia Stahl Merlin; Giovana Cardoso Machado Boer; Paulo Clemente Sallet; André Malbergier; Mariana Abrahão Spedo; Carla Satie Kamitsuji; Elizabeth de Faria; Moacyr Vergara de Godoy Moreira; Arthur Kaufman; Carmita Abdo; Marco de Tubino Scanavino; Selma Lancman; Hermano Tavares; Guilherme Polanczyk; André R Brunoni; Orestes V Forlenza; Tarcísio Eloy Pessoa de Barros-Filho Journal: Clinics (Sao Paulo) Date: 2021-11-19 Impact factor: 2.365