Presentations

  • Hoffman B.L., Connor N, Whaley Miller J, Wolynn R, Larkin C, Sidani J.E. Using Youth Participatory Action Research to Investigate Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems on YouTube Shorts. Poster Presentation. 2024 Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. Philadelphia, PA. March 13-16, 2024.

Publications

  • Arpita Tripathi, MA, Beth Hoffman, MPH, Christine Larkin, Piper Narendorf, Chaim Kittredge, Chia Yun Cheng, Nathaniel Osawaru Ehiorobo, Nishi Hundi, Britney Manu and Jaime Sidani, PhD, “the power of the pouch”: Analyzing the discourse around zyn nicotine pouches on instagram and tiktok: in American Public Health Association 2024 Oct 27-30, Minneapolis (MN), Abstract no. 552101. 

  • Chu, K.-H., Hershey, T. B., Hoffman, B. L., Wolynn, R., Colditz, J. B., Sidani, J. E., & Primack, B. A. (2022). Puff Bars, Tobacco Policy Evasion, and Nicotine Dependence: Content Analysis of Tweets. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 24(3), e27894. https://doi.org/10.2196/27894

  • Coulter, R. W. S., Sumetsky, N., Marsh, L. N., Hoffman, B. L., Burke, J. G., Friedman, M. R., Mitchell, S., Escobar-Viera, C., Egan, J. E., & Mair, C. (2024). How Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Affected Mental Health Inequities for Sexual and Gender Minority Adults? Annals of LGBTQ Public and Population Health, 5(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1891/LGBTQ-2021-0043

  • Escobar-Viera, C. G., Shensa, A., Bowman, N. D., Sidani, J. E., Knight, J., James, A. E., & Primack, B. A. (2018). Passive and Active Social Media Use and Depressive Symptoms Among United States Adults. Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking, 21(7), 437–443. https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2017.0668

  • Escobar-Viera, C. G., Whitfield, D. L., Wessel, C. B., Shensa, A., Sidani, J. E., Brown, A. L., Chandler, C. J., Hoffman, B. L., Marshal, M. P., & Primack, B. A. (2018). For Better or for Worse? A Systematic Review of the Evidence on Social Media Use and Depression Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Minorities. JMIR Mental Health, 5(3), e10496. https://doi.org/10.2196/10496

  • Herold S, Narendorf P, Hoffman B.L. (2025). Reading the Comments: A Quantitative Analysis of YouTube Comments In Response to Abortion Plotlines on Fictional Television Programs. Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare. E-pub ahead of print. doi:10.1016/j.srhc.2025.101135

  • Hoffman, B. L., Boness, C. L., Chu, K.-H., Wolynn, R., Sallowicz, L., Mintas, D., Douaihy, A. B., Felter, E. M., & Sidani, J. E. (2022). COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy, Acceptance, and Promotion Among Healthcare Workers: A Mixed-Methods Analysis. Journal of Community Health, 47(5), 750–758. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-022-01095-3

  • Hoffman, B. L., Cafferty, L. A., Jain, P., Shensa, A., Rosenthal, E. L., Primack, B. A., & Sidani, J. E. (2020). Patient-centered Communication Behaviors on Primetime Television. Journal of Health Communication, 25(2), 170–179. https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2020.1723040

  • Hoffman, B. L., Colditz, J. B., Shensa, A., Wolynn, R., Taneja, S. B., Felter, E. M., Wolynn, T., & Sidani, J. E. (2021). #DoctorsSpeakUp: Lessons learned from a pro-vaccine Twitter event. Vaccine, 39(19), 2684–2691. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.03.061

  • Hoffman, B. L., Felter, E. M., Chu, K.-H., Shensa, A., Hermann, C., Wolynn, T., Williams, D., & Primack, B. A. (2019). It’s not all about autism: The emerging landscape of anti-vaccination sentiment on Facebook. Vaccine, 37(16), 2216–2223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.03.003

  • Hoffman, B. L., Hoffman, R., VonVille, H. M., Sidani, J. E., Manganello, J. A., Chu, K.-H., Felter, E. M., Miller, E., & Burke, J. G. (2023). Characterizing the Influence of Television Health Entertainment Narratives in Lay Populations: A Scoping Review. American Journal of Health Promotion: AJHP, 37(5), 685–697. https://doi.org/10.1177/08901171221141080

  • Hoffman, B. L., Hoffman, R., Wessel, C. B., Shensa, A., Woods, M. S., & Primack, B. A. (2018). Use of fictional medical television in health sciences education: A systematic review. Advances in Health Sciences Education: Theory and Practice, 23(1), 201–216. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10459-017-9754-5

  • Hoffman, B. L., Rosenthal, E. L., Colditz, J. B., Mcgarry, R., & Primack, B. A. (2018). Use of Twitter to Assess Viewer Reactions to the Medical Drama, Code Black. Journal of Health Communication, 23(3), 244–253. https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2018.1426660

  • Hoffman, B. L., Sidani, J. E., Jonassaint, C. R., Wolynn, R., & Donovan, A. K. (2023). Utilizing Television Clips for Graduate Medical Education Anti-racist Curricula: An Acceptability Study. Cureus, 15(7), e41526. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.41526

  • Hoffman, B. L., Sidani, J. E., Miller, E., Manganello, J. A., Chu, K.-H., Felter, E. M., & Burke, J. G. (2024). “Better Than Any DARE Program”: Qualitative Analysis of Adolescent Reactions to EVALI Television Storylines. Health Promotion Practice, 25(5), 814–822. https://doi.org/10.1177/15248399231177049

  • Hoffman, B. L., Sidani, J. E., Wang, Y., Chang, J., & Burke, J. G. (2022). “It Encourages Family Discussion”: A Mixed-Methods Examination of the This Is Us Alzheimer’s Disease & Caregiving Storyline. Journal of Health Communication, 27(6), 382–393. https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2022.2111620

  • Hoffman, B. L., Tulikangas, M. C., James, A. E., Shensa, A., Colditz, J. B., Sidani, J. E., & Primack, B. A. (2018). Pennsylvania policymakers’ knowledge, attitudes and likelihood for action regarding waterpipe tobacco smoking and electronic nicotine delivery systems. Tobacco Prevention & Cessation, 4, 14. https://doi.org/10.18332/tpc/89624

  • Hoffman, B. L., Wolynn, R., Barrett, E., Manganello, J. A., Felter, E. M., Sidani, J. E., Miller, E., Burke, J. G., Primack, B. A., & Chu, K.-H. (2023). Viewer reactions to EVALI storylines on popular medical dramas: A thematic analysis of Twitter messages. Journal of Health Communication, 28(5), 282–291. https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2023.2201814

  • Hoffman, B. L., Wolynn, T., & Sidani, J. E. (2021). COVID-19 Vaccines for Adolescents: Leveraging the ABCs of Communication. Journal of Adolescent Health, 69(6), 884–885. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.08.021

  • Levenson, J. C., Shensa, A., Sidani, J. E., Colditz, J. B., & Primack, B. A. (2016). The association between social media use and sleep disturbance among young adults. Preventive Medicine, 85, 36–41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.01.001

  • Lin, L. yi, Sidani, J. E., Shensa, A., Radovic, A., Miller, E., Colditz, J. B., Hoffman, B. L., Giles, L. M., & Primack, B. A. (2016). Association between Social Media Use and Depression among U.S. Young Adults. Depression and Anxiety, 33(4), 323–331. https://doi.org/10.1002/da.22466

  • Primack, B. A., Shensa, A., Sidani, J. E., Hoffman, B. L., Soneji, S., Sargent, J. D., Hoffman, R. M., & Fine, M. J. (2018). Initiation of Traditional Cigarette Smoking after Electronic Cigarette Use Among Tobacco-Naïve US Young Adults. The American Journal of Medicine, 131(4), 443.e1-443.e9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2017.11.005

  • Primack, B. A., Shensa, A., Sidani, J. E., Whaite, E. O., Lin, L. Y., Rosen, D., Colditz, J. B., Radovic, A., & Miller, E. (2017). Social Media Use and Perceived Social Isolation Among Young Adults in the U.S. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 53(1), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2017.01.010

  • Shensa, A., Escobar-Viera, C. G., Sidani, J. E., Bowman, N. D., Marshal, M. P., & Primack, B. A. (2017). Problematic social media use and depressive symptoms among U.S. young adults: A nationally-representative study. Social Science & Medicine (1982), 182, 150–157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.03.061

  • Shensa, A., Sidani, J. E., Dew, M. A., Escobar-Viera, C. G., & Primack, B. A. (2018). Social Media Use and Depression and Anxiety Symptoms: A Cluster Analysis. American Journal of Health Behavior, 42(2), 116–128. https://doi.org/10.5993/AJHB.42.2.11

  • Shensa, A., Sidani, J. E., Escobar-Viera, C. G., Switzer, G. E., Primack, B. A., & Choukas-Bradley, S. (2020). Emotional support from social media and face-to-face relationships: Associations with depression risk among young adults. Journal of Affective Disorders, 260, 38–44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2019.08.092

  • Sidani, J. E., Hoffman, B., Colditz, J. B., Wolynn, R., Hsiao, L., Chu, K.-H., Rose, J. J., Shensa, A., Davis, E., & Primack, B. (2022). Discussions and Misinformation About Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems and COVID-19: Qualitative Analysis of Twitter Content. JMIR Formative Research, 6(4), e26335. https://doi.org/10.2196/26335

  • Sidani, J. E., Hoffman, B. L., Colditz, J. B., Melcher, E., Taneja, S. B., Shensa, A., Primack, B., Davis, E., & Chu, K.-H. (2022). E-Cigarette-Related Nicotine Misinformation on Social Media. Substance Use & Misuse, 57(4), 588–594. https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2022.2026963

  • Sidani, J. E., Shensa, A., Hoffman, B., Hanmer, J., & Primack, B. A. (2016). The Association between Social Media Use and Eating Concerns among US Young Adults. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 116(9), 1465–1472. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2016.03.021

  • Wintermeyer, P., Cheng, C.-W., Gehring, S., Hoffman, B. L., Holub, M., Brossay, L., & Gregory, S. H. (2009). Invariant natural killer T cells suppress the neutrophil inflammatory response in a mouse model of cholestatic liver damage. Gastroenterology, 136(3), 1048–1059. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2008.10.027

  • Wolynn, T., Hermann, C., & Hoffman, B. L. (2023). Social Media and Vaccine Hesitancy. Pediatric Clinics of North America, 70(2), 329–341. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcl.2022.11.010