Social media interventions for precision public health: promises and risks

npj Digital Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Dunn, Adam G ^a   Mandl, Kenneth D ^b,c   Coiera, Enrico ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HEALTH; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

BEHAVIOUR CHANGES; HEALTH BEHAVIORS; HEALTH OUTCOMES; PERFORMANCE; PHENOTYPING; POTENTIAL RISKS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINES; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL MEDIA DATUM; TOOL CHANGE;

HEALTH RISKS;

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; EMBEDDING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MARKETING; PHENOTYPE; POLITICS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PURCHASING; REVIEW; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 85089606228     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23986352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41746-018-0054-0     Document Type: Review

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