Publicly available online tool facilitates real-time monitoring of vaccine conversations and sentiments

Health Affairs

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 341-347

  Bahk, Chi Y ^a   Cumming, Melissa ^b   Paushter, Louisa ^b   Madoff, Lawrence C ^c   Thomson, Angus ^a   Brownstein, John S ^d  

^a International Society for Infectious Diseases ^*  (France)

^b International Society for Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONVERSATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING; PAKISTAN; SOCIAL MEDIA; TELEVISION; VACCINATION; HEALTH SURVEY; IMMUNIZATION; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MASS MEDIUM; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

COMMUNICATION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INTERNET; MASS MEDIA; PAKISTAN; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; POLIOVIRUS VACCINES; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL MEDIA; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84958665914     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.1092     Document Type: Article

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