The findings suggest a lack of coordination and standardization in the military's digital health communication strategies, which can lead to ineffective and undesired outcomes. This study has also identified missed opportunities in military digital communications to leverage evidence-based best practices. Recommendations include developing a cohesive, systematic framework to guide consistent, effective messaging across branches and platforms to better reach and engage the military population on critical behavioral health issues. Although the study provides valuable insights, limitations include its manual data collection process, single-year timeframe, and focus on only three social media platforms. Future studies should expand the scope by including other social media platforms with distinct user demographics and engagement patterns, as well as extended timeframes, to better understand the full landscape of military digital health communication.
Segura et al. (Sat,) studied this question.