What's buzzing on your feed? health authorities' use of facebook to combat Zika in Singapore

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  Vijaykumar, Santosh ^a   Meurzec, Rianne Wally ^b   Jayasundar, Karthikayen ^c   Pagliari, Claudia ^d   Fernandopulle, Yohan ^b  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health communication; Policy making; Public engagement; Public health; Social media; Zika virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENGUE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOBILE APPLICATION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL MEDIA; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; GOVERNMENT; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL MEDIA; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85032964041     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocx028     Document Type: Article

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