HANOI UNIVERSITY

ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES DEPARTMENT

Critical Reading
Pair Reading Project – Term 3

Student name: 1. Vu Le Nhat Le

2. Do Thanh Thuy
Student ID#: 1. 2104000055
2. 2104000104
Lecturer: Đàm Tất Đạt
Class: 2K21-ACN

2021 - 2022
 Pair Critical Review

The article "Social Media Usage for Changes in Health Practices and Health
Promotion" was posted by David Thomas, Margaret Alston, Malliga Jambulingam, Ariel
Hunt, and Yvonne Bronner on March 01, 2022, in the American Journal of Public Health
Research. The article of David, Margaret, Malliga, Ariel, and Yvonne presents changes in
health practices and health promotion by using social media. While this literature review did
not illustrate or describe how online health interventions implemented lead to improved health
outcomes, the findings of this literature review revealed that people obtain health information
and advice, seek emotional support, engage in discussion around different health topics, and
daily living practices by utilizing social media platforms. 

Some social media platforms are used to help people improve their health behavior to
promote and support health promotion. As a result, the usage of social media may have a
beneficial effect in promoting the adoption of recommended safe behaviors for newborns.
Moreover, African American mothers' child safe sleep practices could be improved by
modifying their social media use. However, SRID-related findings show that social
networking did not lead to behavioral changes when compared to baby safe sleep practices,
implying that there are advantages linked with SRID activity that are not evident or
persuasive.

David Thomas, a graduate of the School of Public Health and Policy, Morgan State
University in the U.S, worked on the article "Social Media Usage for Changes in Health
Practices and Health Promotion" with the purpose is to identifying specific social media
platforms that can help in changing the behavior of the general population. Furthermore, this
study was created for individuals who are interested in the advantages of social platforms for
health promotion, for those who are interested in Sleep-Related Infant Deaths (SRID) in
infants, and for parents who are interested in and need to learn about the children's health.
Therefore, in order to make the paper clear, objective, and valuable to the audience, this study
employed relevant facts, reliable data, and, most importantly, source citations and thorough
statistics from earlier studies.

The paper contains solid information because the authors have investigated and
reviewed prior research works (found through 37 references). Furthermore, throughout the
entire text are updated and confirmed figures from reliable sources such as the CDC
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Organization - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (one of the key functioning
components of the Department of Health and Human Services) or WHO - World Health
Organization. However, although several social media (SM) platforms such as Facebook,
Myspace, Twitter, etc., are available to share information related to health promotional ideas,
and Facebook is used mostly in general, the research is not addressed the effective way to use
Facebook. Furthermore, this literature review did not illustrate or describe how online health
interventions implemented lead to improved SRID behavioral health outcomes or changes. 

To summarize, this is an academic journal with peer assessment. Despite several

flaws, the authors present the uses of social media for improved health while claiming that
social media has become a vital element of the public health community. As a result, this
article should be highly-assessed.

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