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How to make social media accounts private
Cómo hacer privadas las cuentas de las redes sociales
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Governor Spencer J. Cox
- Why should parents wait to let their kids use social media?opens in a new tab
- What are the harms of social media and why is it important to protect youth from those harms?opens in a new tab
- What advice would you give parents about social media use?opens in a new tab
- Why are the harms of social media an important issue?opens in a new tab
- Why is Utah leading out on this issue, both from a public awareness and policy standpoint?opens in a new tab
Dr. Kristin Francis,
Huntsman Mental Health Institute
Dr. Mandy Chapple,
Granite Technical Institute, Principal
Tracy Gruber,
DHHS Executive Director
Dr. Hofmann,
DHHS Executive Medical Director and Pediatrician
- How does social media affect kids' sleep?opens in a new tab
- How does using social media affect mental health?opens in a new tab
- What impacts does social media have on kids' self-image or body-image?opens in a new tab
- As a pediatrician, what do you want parents to know about social media?opens in a new tab
- Why should parents delay their kids from using social media?opens in a new tab
- What can parents do to help their kids disconnect from their phones?opens in a new tab
- As a pediatrician, what do you want parents to know about social media? opens in a new tab
Mike Moon,
UServeUtahAssociate Director
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Research & resources
- Gabb: What is Sextortion? Everything You Need to Know opens in a new tab
- Gabb Study: When Teens Take a Break from Social Media opens in a new tab
- The Common Sense Census: Media Use by Tweens and Teens, 2021opens in a new tab
- U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory: opens in a new tabSocial Media and Youth Mental Health
- American Academy of Pediatrics: National Center of Excellence on Social Media and Youth Mental Healthopens in a new tab
- American Academy of Pediatrics: Media and Young Mindsopens in a new tab
- American Psychological Association: Health advisory on social media use in adolescenceopens in a new tab
- University of Utah Health: The impact of social media on teens’ mental healthopens in a new tab and Tips for healthy social media use: Parents and teensopens in a new tab
- PBS Utah: Social media and youth mental healthopens in a new tab
- Teen Mental Health Is Plummeting, and Social Media is a Major Contributing Causeopens in a new tab
- Social media and mental healthopens in a new tab
- U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory: Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolationopens in a new tab
- Haidt, J., & Twenge, J. (ongoing). Adolescent mood disorders since 2010: A collaborative review.opens in a new tab Unpublished manuscript, New York University.
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