Analysis of a parent-initiated social media campaign for Hirschsprung's disease

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Wittmeier, Kristy ^a,b   Holland, Cindy ^c   Hobbs Murison, Kendall ^a,b,c   Crawford, Elizabeth ^d   Beauchamp, Chad ^e   Milne, Brodie ^e   Morris, Melanie ^a,b   Keijzer, Richard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Manitoba Institute of Child Health   (Canada)

^c HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^d Swish Productions Ltd   (Canada)

^e Direct Focus Marketing Communications Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hirschsprung's Disease; Knowledge translation; Patient oriented research; Social media

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PARENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PARENTS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING;

EID: 84918562073     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3200     Document Type: Article

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