scholarly journals At-a-glance - What can social media tell us about the opioid crisis in Canada?

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 263-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Semra Tibebu ◽  
Vicky C. Chang ◽  
Charles-Antoine Drouin ◽  
Wendy Thompson ◽  
Minh T. Do
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Public Health Practice ◽  
Social Media Analytics ◽  
Current Response ◽  
Health Practice ◽  
Opioid Use ◽  
Opioid Crisis ◽  
Community Stakeholders ◽  
Data Source

We explored social media as a potential data source for acquiring realtime information on opioid use and perceptions in Canada. Twitter messages were collected through a social media analytics platform between June 15, 2017, and July 13, 2017, and analyzed to identify recurring topics mentioned in the messages. Messages concerning the medical use of opioids as well as commentary on the Canadian government’s current response efforts to the opioid crisis were common. The findings of this study may help to inform public health practice and community stakeholders in their efforts to address the opioid crisis.

scholarly journals Using Social Media for Biosurveillance: Gap between Research and Action

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tera Reynolds ◽  
Mark Cameron ◽  
Mike Conway ◽  
Amy Ising ◽  
Eric H.Y. Lau ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Disease Surveillance ◽  
Public Health Practice ◽  
Health Practice ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Impact

There is a significant body of literature on the use of social media for biosurveillance. However, less is known about the impact of integrating social media into public health practice, and resulting interventions. This motivated the ISDS Social Media for Disease Surveillance Workgroup to conduct a systematic literature review on the use of social media for actionable disease surveillance. Based on the preliminary results, there is little published literature on this topic, possibly suggesting that it is particularly challenging to translate research using social media for disease surveillance into practice.

scholarly journals The role of researchers in disseminating evidence to public health practice settings: a cross-sectional study

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Allese B. McVay ◽  
Katherine A. Stamatakis ◽  
Julie A. Jacobs ◽  
Rachel G. Tabak ◽  
Ross C. Brownson
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Health Practice ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Health Practice ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional
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