Assessing the viability of social media for disseminating evidence-based nutrition practice guideline through content analysis of twitter messages and health professional interviews: An observational study

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Hand, Rosa K ^a   Kenne, Deric ^b   Wolfram, Taylor M ^a   Abram, Jenica K ^a   Fleming, Michael ^c  

^a Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Antidote Education Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based medicine; Heart failure; Information dissemination; Medical nutrition therapy; Social media

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL MEDIA;

ADULT; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84996844838     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.5811     Document Type: Article

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