Hunting HIV-Positive Women in Greece as Parasites

2016 ◽  
pp. 779-788
Author(s):  
Pitsou Anastasia
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Hiv Positive ◽  
Hiv Positive Women ◽  
The Social

In this chapter, the authors discuss public policies of stigmatization and fascitization. In Greece, HIV-positive women have been imprisoned while their personal data have been published in newspapers and the social media aiming to inform citizens and to protect public health.

Hunting HIV-Positive Women in Greece as Parasites

2015 ◽  
pp. 242-255
Author(s):  
Pitsou Anastasia
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Hiv Positive ◽  
Hiv Positive Women ◽  
The Social

In this chapter, the authors discuss public policies of stigmatization and fascitization. In Greece, HIV-positive women have been imprisoned while their personal data have been published in newspapers and the social media aiming to inform citizens and to protect public health.

scholarly journals A Panel Evaluation of the Changes in the General Public’s Social-Media-Following of United States’ Public Health Departments during COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 215013272199545
Author(s):  
Areej Khokhar ◽  
Aaron Spaulding ◽  
Zuhair Niazi ◽  
Sikander Ailawadhi ◽  
Rami Manochakian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
State Level ◽  
The State ◽  
Public Health Department ◽  
Health Departments ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Health Departments ◽  
The Social ◽  
The U.S

Importance: Social media is widely used by various segments of society. Its role as a tool of communication by the Public Health Departments in the U.S. remains unknown. Objective: To determine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on social media following of the Public Health Departments of the 50 States of the U.S. Design, Setting, and Participants: Data were collected by visiting the Public Health Department web page for each social media platform. State-level demographics were collected from the U.S. Census Bureau. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention was utilized to collect information regarding the Governance of each State’s Public Health Department. Health rankings were collected from “America’s Health Rankings” 2019 Annual report from the United Health Foundation. The U.S. News and World Report Education Rankings were utilized to provide information regarding the public education of each State. Exposure: Data were pulled on 3 separate dates: first on March 5th (baseline and pre-national emergency declaration (NED) for COVID-19), March 18th (week following NED), and March 25th (2 weeks after NED). In addition, a variable identifying the total change across platforms was also created. All data were collected at the State level. Main Outcome: Overall, the social media following of the state Public Health Departments was very low. There was a significant increase in the public interest in following the Public Health Departments during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. Results: With the declaration of National Emergency, there was a 150% increase in overall public following of the State Public Health Departments in the U.S. The increase was most noted in the Midwest and South regions of the U.S. The overall following in the pandemic “hotspots,” such as New York, California, and Florida, was significantly lower. Interesting correlations were noted between various demographic variables, health, and education ranking of the States and the social media following of their Health Departments. Conclusion and Relevance: Social media following of Public Health Departments across all States of the U.S. was very low. Though, the social media following significantly increased during the early course of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it still remains low. Significant opportunity exists for Public Health Departments to improve social media use to engage the public better.

scholarly journals Corrigendum

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 136-136
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Patient Data ◽  
Online Version ◽  
Social Media Data ◽  
Medical Network ◽  
The Social ◽  
Media Data ◽  
Prior Permission

Ji X, Chun SA, Cappellari P, et al. Linking and using social media data for enhancing public health analytics. Journal of Information Science 2016; 43: 221–245. DOI: 10.1177/0165551515625029 The authors regret that non-anonymised patient data was used from a social medical network without prior permission. With permission from the social medical network, the authors have anonymised the data and corrected the article. The online version of the article has been corrected.

scholarly journals Prevalence and Characteristics of Twitter Posts About Court-Ordered, Tobacco-Related Corrective Statements: Descriptive Content Analysis (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dannielle E Kelley ◽  
Meredith Brown ◽  
Alice Murray ◽  
Kelly D Blake
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Health Organizations ◽  
Descriptive Content ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Philip Morris ◽  
The Social ◽  
Public Health Organizations ◽  
Initial Release

BACKGROUND Three major US tobacco companies were recently ordered to publish corrective statements intended to prevent and restrain further fraud about the health effects of smoking. The court-ordered statements began appearing in newspapers and on television (TV) in late 2017. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to examine the social media dissemination of the tobacco corrective statements during the first 6 months of the implementation of the statements. METHODS We conducted a descriptive content analysis of Twitter posts using an iterative search strategy through Crimson Hexagon and randomly selected 19.74% (456/2309) of original posts occurring between November 1, 2017, and March 27, 2018, for coding and analysis. We assessed post volume over time, source or author, valence, linked content, and reference to the industry (eg, big tobacco, tobacco industry, and Philip Morris) and media outlet (TV or newspaper). Retweeted content was coded for source/author and prevalence. RESULTS Most posts were published in November 2017, surrounding the initial release of the corrective statements. Content was generally neutral (58.7%, 268/456) or positive (33.3%, 152/456) in valence, included links to additional information about the statements (94.9%, 433/456), referred to the industry (87.7%, 400/456), and did not mention a specific media channel on which the statements were aired or published (15%). The majority of original posts were created by individual users (55.2%, 252/456), whereas the majority of retweeted posts were posted by public health organizations (51%). Differences by source are reported, for example, organization posts are more likely to include a link to additional information compared with individual users (<italic>P</italic>=.03). CONCLUSIONS Conversations about the court-ordered corrective statements are taking place on Twitter and are generally neutral or positive in nature. Public health organizations may be increasing the prevalence of these conversations through social media engagement.

FREE SPEECH ON SOCIAL MEDIA: HOW TO PROTECT OUR FREEDOMS FROM SOCIAL MEDIA THAT ARE FUNDED BY TRADE IN OUR PERSONAL DATA

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-236
Author(s):  
Richard Sorabji
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Free Speech ◽  
Past History ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Freedom Of Speech ◽  
Online Social Media ◽  
Government Documents ◽  
Important Benefit ◽  
The Social

AbstractI have argued elsewhere that in past history, freedom of speech, whether granted to few or many, was granted as bestowing some important benefit. John Stuart Mill, for example, in On Liberty, saw it as enabling us to learn from each other through discussion. By the test of benefit, I here argue that social media that are funded through trade in our personal data with advertisers, including propagandists, cannot claim to be supporting free speech. We lose our freedoms, if the personal data we entrust to online social media are used to target us with information, or disinformation, tailored as persuasive to different personalities, in order to maximize revenue from advertisers or propagandists. Among the serious consequences described, particularly dangerous because of its effect on democracy, is the use of such targeted advertisements to swing voting campaigns. Control is needed both of the social media and of any political parties that pay social media for differential targeting of voters based on personality. Using UK government documents, I recommend legislation for reform and enforcement.

scholarly journals Comparative analysis of audience engagement with public health messages across multiple social media sites: Evidence-based recommendations for health communicators (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katja Reuter ◽  
Melissa L. Wilson ◽  
Meghan Moran ◽  
NamQuyen Le ◽  
Praveen Angyan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Health Messages ◽  
User Engagement ◽  
Goodness Of Fit Test ◽  
Audience Engagement ◽  
The Social ◽  
Click Through Rate

BACKGROUND Public health organizations have begun to use social media to increase awareness of health harms and positively improve health behavior. However, little is known about effective strategies for the digital dissemination of health education messages that ultimately result in optimal audience engagement with the health messages and with links to educational resource(s) specified in those messages. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to assess the difference in audience engagement with identical anti-smoking health messages on three social media sites: Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, and with a referring link to a tobacco prevention website cited in these messages. We hypothesized health messages might not get the same user engagement on these media, although these messages were identical and distributed at the same time. METHODS We measured the effect of health promotion messages about the risk of smoking on users of three social media sites (Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram). We disseminated 1,275 health messages between April 19 to July 12, 2017 (85 days). The messages were distributed in identical form, at the same time, as organic (non-paid) and advertised (paid) messages, each including a link to an educational website with more information about the topic. Outcome measures included (i) message engagement, ie, the click-through rate (CTR) of the social media messages, and (ii) educational website engagement: the click-through rate on the educational website (wCTR). To analyze the data and model relationships, we used mixed effects negative binomial regression, z-statistic, and the Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness of fit test. RESULTS Comparisons between social media sites showed that CTRs for identical anti-tobacco health messages differed significantly across social media (P<.001 for all). Instagram showed the statistically significant highest overall mean message engagement, followed by Facebook, and Twitter. Facebook showed the highest CTR for any individual message as well some of the lowest. However, the message CTR is not indicative of the user engagement with the educational website content. Pairwise comparisons of the social media sites differed with respect to the wCTR (P<.001 for all). Messages on Twitter showed the lowest CTR, but they resulted in the highest level of website engagement, followed by Facebook, and Instagram. We found a statistically significant higher CTR for organic (unpaid) messages compared with paid ads (P<.001). CONCLUSIONS This work contributes to developing a scientific approach to select social media platform(s) for health promotion and increasing transparency of the processes and mechanisms that make digital health education effective. CLINICALTRIAL N/A

scholarly journals WORKSHOP STRATEGI PENINGKATAN POPULARITAS KONTEN SERTA MENJAGA KEAMANAN DATA PRIBADI DI BERBAGAI PLATFORM MEDIA SOSIAL

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 251
Author(s):  
Siti Alvi Sholikhatin ◽  
Wanda Fitrianingsih ◽  
Sahira Dhiyaulhaq
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Community Service ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Media Content ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
The Social ◽  
Agar Media ◽  
Use Of Social Media

ABSTRAKMedia sosial telah merubah gaya hidup masyarakat di era digital yang perkembangannya kini semakin pesat. Media sosial dimanfaatkan oleh masyarakat di berbagai bidang kehidupan, tak terkecuali di bidang pendidikan. Penggunaan media sosial selain untuk mendukung kegiatan belajar mengajar, juga sebagai media promosi institusi tersebut kepada masyarakat luas. Popularitas media sosial mempengaruhi rating dan bagaimana seseorang menciptakan branding untuk diri mereka. Oleh karena itu, diperlukan strategi yang efektif agar media sosial yang digunakan dapat memberikan manfaat yang optimal. Aspek lain yang tak kalah penting adalah menjaga keamanan informasi data diri seseorang di akun media sosial. Oleh sebab itu, pengetahuan untuk meningkatkan kesadaran diri akan pentingnya menjaga keamanan informasi data diri perlu terus digalakkan, terutama di kalangan guru yang menjadi penggiat media sosial baik untuk kepentingan pribadi maupun institusi. Menjawab kebutuhan tersebut, maka diadakan workshop tentang keamanan data diri dan konten media sosial. Tujuan diadakannya workshop ini adalah untuk menumbuhkan kesadaran akan pentingnya menjaga keamanan data pribadi sekaligus mempelajari strategi tentang peningkatan popularitas konten di media sosial. Metode yang digunakan dalam pelaksanaan workshop ini adalah dengan penyampaian materi dalam bentuk ceramah, hasil dari pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini yaitu sebanyak 90% guru di SMP Negeri 3 Purbalingga menilai bahwa workshop ini sangat bermanfaat untuk menambah pengetahuan dan meningkatkan kesadaran dalam menjaga data pribadi di akun media sosial. Kata kunci: pengabdian masyarakat; workshop; media sosial; keamanan; data pribadi. ABSTRACTSocial media has changed the lifestyle of people in the digital era. Social media is used in various fields, including education. The use of social media is not only to support the teaching process and learning activities, but also to promote the institution to the wider community. The popularity of social media influences rating and how a person creates branding for themselves. Therefore, an effective strategy is needed so that the social media can provide optimal benefits. Another aspect that is also important is the security of personal data on social media accounts. Thus, knowledge to increase self-awareness of the importance of maintaining the security of personal data information needs to be continuously promoted, especially among teachers who are social media activists for both personal and institutional interests. Responding to the need, workshop about privacy security and social media content was held.   This workshop is conducted with the main goal is to raise the awareness of privacy security and strategic ways to improve popularity in social media. The method used in this workshop is a lecture performed in front of the audience, and the result shows as many as 90% of teachers at SMP Negeri 3 Purbalingga considered this workshop is useful to increase knowledge and awareness in maintaining personal data on social media accounts. Keywords: community service; workshop; social media; security; personal data.

scholarly journals Mixed Infant Feeding Practice and Associated Factors among HIV-Positive Women under Care in Gondar City’s Public Health Facilities within Two Years Postpartum: A Cross-Sectional Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Muhabaw Shumye Mihret ◽  
Mengstu Melkamu Asaye ◽  
Banchigizie Adane Mengistu ◽  
Habte Belete
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Infant Feeding ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Infant Feeding Practice ◽  
Hiv Positive ◽  
Feeding Practice ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Hiv Positive Women

Background. Mixed infant feeding practice remains a major setback for effective prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV program and updated evidences on this issue is essential for better interventions. Therefore, this study was aimed at assessing the proportion and associated factors of mixed infant feeding practice among HIV-positive women under care in public health institutions in Gondar city within two years postpartum, Ethiopia, 2017. Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 485 HIV-positive women under care in Gondar City’s health facilities from May 1 to June 30/2017. Data were collected via interviewer administered questionnaire supplemented with chart review, entered into Epinfo version 7.0 and then exported to SPSS version 20.0. Both bivariable and multivariable analyses were done, and the statistical significance of each variable was claimed based on the adjusted odds ratio (AOR) with 95% confidence interval (CI) and its P value ≤0.05. Result. The proportion of HIV-positive women practicing mixed infant feeding was 21.6%. Whereas, about 73.8% and 4.5% of the mothers demonstrated exclusive breastfeeding and exclusive replacement feeding, respectively. Mixed infant feeding practice was independently predicted by lack of antenatal care (AOR=6.9; 95% CI: 3.4, 14.1) and home delivery (AOR=2.8; 95% CI: 1.4, 5.4). Conclusion. The magnitude of mixed infant feeding practice was higher than the reports of many other studies, and its predictors were connected to poor adherence to maternal health care service utilization. Hence, stakeholders need to work more on ANC and facility delivery service coverage.

scholarly journals Social Media as an Opportunity for Public Health Interventions: The #Metoo Movement as an Exemplar

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raquel Gomez Bravo ◽  
María Gómez Bravo ◽  
Charilaos Lygidakis ◽  
Claus Vögele
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Interventions ◽  
Social Media Marketing ◽  
Global Level ◽  
Public Health Interventions ◽  
The Public ◽  
Social Media Networks ◽  
The Social

Background: Social media have been used exponentially and globally, providing a means for billions of users to connect, interact, share opinions and criticise, becoming one of the main channels of communication for users around the world. One of the most popular free social media networks is Twitter, with more than 100 million active users per day worldwide. Purpose: The aim of this study was to analyse a sample of the public conversations generated, using the hashtag #MeToo, around the topic of sexual abuse on Twitter.  Methods:  Using social media marketing software, the use of the #MeToo hashtag was analysed over a period of 60 days (14 September 2017 to 13 November of 2017). Results: The #MeToo conversation was mainly in English (79.3%), located in the United States (48.2% of cases), but with global repercussions. The volume of mentions of the #MeToo hashtag was far greater (97.7%), compared with other hashtags related to violence over this period of time, using mostly Twitter (96.2%). Conclusions: These results suggest that it is possible to describe different groups using the social media, and analyse their conversations to identify opportunities for successful public health interventions.  If the topic is relevant for the general public, it will generate interest and conversations at the global level, supported by a universal and borderless channel such as Twitter.

scholarly journals Customer's Welcoming in the beauty insitute

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 30
Author(s):  
Nicoletta Michailidou ◽  
Maria Goula
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Interpersonal Relations ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Personal Hygiene ◽  
Socioeconomic Level ◽  
Normal Flow ◽  
Safe Place ◽  
Professional Success ◽  
Personalized Services ◽  
The Social

 he customer of an aesthetics institute looks for a welcoming and safe place to be taken care of. The establishment of a friendly atmosphere and normal flow of procedures inside the beauty institute as well as providing personalized services play a major role for customers. The personality of the aesthetician and interpersonal relations based on kindness, politeness, stability, humor and dialogue are fundamental virtues for professional success. An organized customer list, recording and keeping personal data of the customer according to current legislation are helpful in solving the customer’s problem properly. The social media, advertising and marketing skills are useful for aestheticians. Strategies that look for innovative and improved ways to meet the clients’ wishes and needs are creative and potent. An aesthetics business has to choose a marketing strategy in order to be competitive. Owners of aesthetics institutes need to put their businesses in the center of special marketing procedures. In addition, adapting to his/her needs according to their sex, age and socioeconomic level is important. Personal hygiene and professional appearance of the aesthetician is equally important.  

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