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Frontiers | mHealth: Potentials and Risks for Addressing Mental Health and Well-Being Issues Among Nepali Adolescents


Department of Economics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Adolescents are slowly being recognized as a generation, worldwide, that may require different policy approaches to improve staggering statistics on their failing well-being, including mental health. By providing the support to allow the next generation to achieve better mental health outcomes, they are going to be more economically successful and the future economic growth of nations can be better assured. Adoption of mobile-based health interventions (e.g., mHealth) has garnered a lot of attention toward this end. While mHealth interventions are growing in popularity, many researchers/policy-makers appear to have neglected assessing potential (indirect) costs/negative consequences from their use. Evidence from the developed world shows strong associations between extensive cell phone use and negative mental health outcomes, but similar research is minimal in developing world contexts. Additiona ....

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Instagram sparks new concerns over 'kidfluencer' culture


Asked if he would support Markey’s proposal, a spokesperson for Sen. Roger Wicker
Facebook has said the kids app will help combat issues of children under 13 using the main Instagram platform, despite the platform’s policy prohibiting anyone 12 or under using the site.
In Thursday’s letter to Facebook, advocates argued that kids around the ages of 10 and 12 will likely not switch to a “babyish” version of the platform, meaning the “true audience” for the new version will be “much younger children” who don’t have existing Instagram accounts.
Stephanie Otway, a Facebook spokesperson, said the company “will not show ads in any Instagram experience” it develops for kids. She said the company doesn’t have more specifics to share about ad policies as it is in the “early days” of exploring the platform. ....

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