Are internet videos useful sources of information during global public health emergencies? A case study of YouTube videos during the 2015–16 Zika virus pandemic

Pathogens and Global Health

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 320-328

  Bora, Kaustubh ^a   Das, Dulmoni ^b,c   Barman, Bhupen ^d   Borah, Probodh ^e  

^a REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Army Institute of Nursing   (India)

^d NORTH EASTERN INDIRA GANDHI REGIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^e Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhayay Pashu Chikitsa Vigyan Vishwa Vidyalaya Evum Go Anusandhan Sansthan   (India)

Author keywords

health communication; health information; internet; pandemic; Public health; social media

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; EPIDEMIC; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL MEDIA; VIDEORECORDING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZIKA VIRUS; EMERGENCY; HEALTH EDUCATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; ZIKA FEVER;

COMMUNICATION; EMERGENCIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; PANDEMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85056331134     PISSN: 20477724     EISSN: 20477732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20477724.2018.1507784     Document Type: Article

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