PO081 FRAMING DIABETES PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATION DURING RAMADAN – A NEWSPAPER CONTENT ANALYSIS

ABSTRACT Background It is crucial that world leaders mount effective public health measures in response to COVID-19. Twitter may represent a powerful tool to help achieve this. Here, we explore the role of Twitter as used by Group of Seven (G7) world leaders in response to COVID-19. Methods This was a qualitative study with content analysis. Inclusion criteria were as follows: viral tweets from G7 world leaders, attracting a minimum of 500 ‘likes’; keywords ‘COVID-19’ or ‘coronavirus’; search dates 17 November 2019 to 17 March 2020. We performed content analysis to categorize tweets into appropriate themes and analyzed associated Twitter data. Results Eight out of nine (88.9%) G7 world leaders had verified and active Twitter accounts, with a total following of 85.7 million users. Out of a total 203 viral tweets, 166 (82.8%) were classified as ‘Informative’, of which 48 (28.6%) had weblinks to government-based sources, while 19 (9.4%) were ‘Morale-boosting’ and 14 (6.9%) were ‘Political’. Numbers of followers and viral tweets were not strictly related. Conclusions Twitter may represent a powerful tool for world leaders to rapidly communicate public health information with citizens. We would urge general caution when using Twitter for health information, with a preference for tweets containing official government-based information sources.

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Framing diabetes public health information during Ramadan – a newspaper content analysis

Journal of International Medical Research ◽

10.1177/0300060516650983 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 45 (6) ◽

pp. 1750-1759 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Kerry Wilbur ◽

Souad Berzou ◽

Robert Meeds

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Content Analysis ◽

Health Information ◽

Diabetes Management ◽

Printed Media ◽

Review Period ◽

Public Health Information ◽

Health Related ◽

English Articles ◽

Low Coverage

Objective To evaluate health-related messages in printed media pertaining to diabetes care in Qatar during Ramadan. Methods Qatar national newspapers (Arabic and/or English) published 6 weeks prior to and 4 weeks during Ramadan 2012 were reviewed. Health-related content was identified and characterized according to four different categories including presence of messages pertaining to both diabetes and Ramadan. Articles describing diabetes and Ramadan combined were further evaluated according to specific features of prominence (surrogates for perceived reader importance). Newspapers were grouped by language, and volume and content of coverage were compared between groups. Results A total of 1 467 newspaper issues published during the 2012 review period (781 in Arabic and 686 in English) were analysed. Health-related articles appeared consistently throughout the study period, but few were specifically diabetes-related (66/1095 [6%] Arabic articles versus 34/1250 [2.7%] English articles; P = 0.008). Only 34/1095 (3.1%) Arabic and 23/1 250 (1.8%) English ( P = 0.05) articles pertaining specifically to diabetes management during Ramadan were published. Twenty/34 (59%, Arabic) and 6/23 (26%, English) were published in high prominence positions. Conclusions Opportunity exists to augment the relatively low coverage of diabetes health-related messages in print media during Ramadan.

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Public Health Information Network Conference, August 27-29, 2007

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e614822007-005 ◽

2007 ◽

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Health Information ◽

Information Network ◽

Public Health Information

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eTick: A Lyme disease surveillance and public health information tool

10.1603/ice.2016.116167 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Jules Koffi

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Lyme Disease ◽

Health Information ◽

Disease Surveillance ◽

Public Health Information

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Japanese-language videos on YouTube as a source of public health information for COVID-19 (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.24655 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Takeo Yasu

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Health Information ◽

Scientific Evidence ◽

The State ◽

Video Content ◽

Sources Of Information ◽

State Of Emergency ◽

Public Health Information ◽

Youtube Videos ◽

Spread Of Infection

BACKGROUND Serious public health problems, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, can cause an infodemic. Sources of information that may cause an infodemic include social networking services; YouTube, which consists of content created and uploaded by individuals, is one such source. OBJECTIVE To survey the content and changes in YouTube videos that present public health information about COVID-19 in Japan. METHODS We surveyed YouTube content regarding public health information pertaining to COVID-19 in Japan. YouTube searches were performed on March 6, 2020 (before the state of emergency), April 14 (during the state of emergency), and May 27 (after the state of emergency was lifted), with 136, 113, and 140 sample videos evaluated, respectively. The main outcome measures were: (1) The total number of views for each video, (2) video content, and (3) the usefulness of the video. RESULTS In the 100 most viewed YouTube videos during the three periods, the number of videos on public health information in March was significantly higher than in May (p = .02). Of the 331 unique videos, 9.1% (n = 30) were released by healthcare professionals. Useful videos providing public health information about the prevention of the spread of infection comprised only 13.0% of the sample but were viewed significantly more often than not useful videos (p = .006). CONCLUSIONS Individuals need to take care when obtaining information from YouTube before or early in a pandemic, during which time scientific evidence is scarce.

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