Social media as a platform for health-related public debates and discussions: The Polio vaccine on Facebook

Israel Journal of Health Policy Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Orr, Daniela ^a   Baram Tsabari, Ayelet ^b   Landsman, Keren ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Facebook; Polio; Social media; Vaccination debates and discussions

Indexed keywords

POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; DRUG SAFETY; FACEBOOK; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; VACCINATION; ANTI-VACCINATION MOVEMENT; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; ISRAEL; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; PARENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VACCINATION REFUSAL;

ANTI-VACCINATION MOVEMENT; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; ISRAEL; MALE; MASS MEDIA; PARENTS; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS VACCINES; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL MEDIA; VACCINATION; VACCINATION REFUSAL;

EID: 84994908813     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20454015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13584-016-0093-4     Document Type: Article

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