Collecting Social Media Information in a Substance Use Intervention Trial With Adolescent Girls With Lifetime Substance Use History: Observational Study

Lili M C Ramos, Joseline Delgadillo, Sarah Vélez, Emily Dauria, Jamie Salas, Marina Tolou-Shams, Lili M C Ramos, Joseline Delgadillo, Sarah Vélez, Emily Dauria, Jamie Salas, Marina Tolou-Shams

Abstract

Background: Adolescents with juvenile legal system contact face numerous barriers to participation in behavioral health intervention research, including housing disruption, legal privacy concerns, and systems mistrust. Technology, such as social media, may be a novel and developmentally appropriate adolescent research study engagement and retention tool.

Objective: We examined data on social media information collected for study retention purposes from adolescents participating in a substance use intervention trial.

Methods: Data were collected as part of a randomized controlled trial determining efficacy of a group-based substance use intervention for girls and young women (12-24 years) with substance use histories referred from legal and school systems in the United States. Baseline demographic and social media information was analyzed from the subset of 114 adolescent girls (mean age 15.7 years; range 13-18 years), of whom 31.6% (36/114) were legally involved, 87.7% (100/114) belonged to minoritized racial/ethnic groups, and 32.5% (37/114) received public assistance.

Results: Most girls (74/114, 64.9%) provided at least one social media account (Instagram, 95% [70/74]; Facebook, 27% [20/74]; and Twitter, 11% [8/74]) during study enrollment. Legally involved girls were significantly less likely to provide social media information than school-referred girls (44% [16/36] versus 74% [58/78]; χ21 [N=114]=9.68, P=.002).

Conclusions: Obtaining social media information for study retention purposes from adolescent girls with lifetime substance use appears possible; however, particular subgroups (ie, legally involved girls) may be less likely to provide accounts. Factors shaping legally involved girls' willingness to provide social media information, including mistrust and privacy concerns, and the impact of researcher's access to social media information on study retention are critical directions for future research.

Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02293057; https://ichgcp.net/clinical-trials-registry/NCT02293057.

Keywords: adolescent girls; health intervention; legal involvement; social media; substance use.

Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: None declared.

©Lili M C Ramos, Joseline Delgadillo, Sarah Vélez, Emily Dauria, Jamie Salas, Marina Tolou-Shams. Originally published in JMIR Formative Research (https://formative.jmir.org), 10.09.2021.

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Social media account information provided by adolescent participants.

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