Is YouTube Useful as a Source of Health Information for Adults With Type 2 Diabetes? A South Asian Perspective

Canadian Journal of Diabetes

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 395-403.e4

  Leong, Amanda Y ^a   Sanghera, Ravina ^a   Jhajj, Jaspreet ^a   Desai, Nandini ^b   Jammu, Bikramjit Singh ^a   Makowsky, Mark J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Leduc Beaumont Devon Primary Care Network   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asiatique du Sud; consumer health; diab te de type 2; m dias sociaux; sant des consommateurs; social media; South Asian; type 2 diabetes; YouTube

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTH ASIAN; VIDEORECORDING; ASIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH EDUCATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ASIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DATA ACCURACY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL MEDIA; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 85044673341     PISSN: 14992671     EISSN: 23523840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2017.10.056     Document Type: Article

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