#Wematter: Creating culturally tailored health promotion content for Black and Latina college women on Instagram.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Although students at Minority-Serving Institutions (HBCUs, HSIs, TCUs, AAPISIs) have been found to make sound health choices as compared to their counterparts at Predominately White Institutions and have positive expectancy outcomes of physical activity engagement, it is consistently suggested that MSIs examine and bolster health enhancing avenues. Black and Latina women frequently use social media platforms to connect to content that can initiate and support lifestyle changes or improvements. Thus, establishing culturally relevant health related social media content geared toward Black and Latina College Women (BLCW) may be successful in achieving health-related goals. Therefore, the purpose of this study using social identity theory as a theoretical lens, was to identif

SUBMITTER: Johnson O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11003336 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature