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There have been huge strides in mobile technology in recent years and the internet has become dynamic with increasing amounts of user-generated content. Young people have grown-up with this environment and for them the use of such technology and the interaction with social media is embedded in their lives. As the technology culture has changed so healthcare has innovated to make use of technology and mobile devices, and to interact with users through social media platforms. This has created huge opportunities to change models of healthcare delivery and to encourage patient participation in their own care.

For young people in particular there is the potential to deliver healthcare in an engaging and relevant way. For those who need to transition to adult services, such as those with liver disease or post liver transplantation, technology can be used to educate, to encourage self-management and to support the process. Despite this, the evidence that social media interventions or mobile health applications change outcomes is limited. Most applications are designed by industry with no input from young people, academia or professionals. Many have unknown provenance. Social media interventions have often not been designed with young people’s involvement or have had limited evaluation. For those with liver disease there have been few interventions and very few evaluated applications are available.

The growth in social media and technology use has also brought concern about adverse effects on young people’s mental health, and challenges for the professional to engage with it safely.

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Hind, J. (2022). Social Media and Technology. In: Hadžić, N., Samyn, M. (eds) Liver Disease in Adolescence. In Clinical Practice. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98808-1_21

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