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Using Social Media for Biosurveillance: Gap between Research and Action

Journal Article · · Online Journal of Public Health Informatics
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5];  [6];  [7];  [8];  [9];  [10]
  1. International Society for Disease Surveillance, Boston, MA (United States); DOE/OSTI
  2. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Acton, ACT (Australia)
  3. Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)
  4. Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (United States)
  5. Univ. of Hong Kong (China)
  6. Skoll Global Threats Fund, San Francisco, CA (United States)
  7. Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center, Silver Spring, MD (United States)
  8. Ohio Dept. of Health, Columbus, OH, (United States)
  9. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States). Health Science Center
  10. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Kennewick, WA (United States)
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There is a significant body of literature on the use of social media for biosurveillance. However, less is known about the impact of integrating social media into public health practice, and resulting interventions. This motivated the ISDS Social Media for Disease Surveillance Workgroup to conduct a systematic literature review on the use of social media for actionable disease surveillance. Based on the preliminary results, there is little published literature on this topic, possibly suggesting that it is particularly challenging to translate research using social media for disease surveillance into practice.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI ID:
1629209
Journal Information:
Online Journal of Public Health Informatics, Journal Name: Online Journal of Public Health Informatics Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 6; ISSN 1947-2579
Publisher:
University of Illinois at ChicagoCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (2)

Assessing Vaccination Sentiments with Online Social Media: Implications for Infectious Disease Dynamics and Control journal October 2011
Social and News Media Enable Estimation of Epidemiological Patterns Early in the 2010 Haitian Cholera Outbreak journal January 2012

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Related Subjects

59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING
Actionable
Literature review
Social media