Using Social Media for Actionable Disease Surveillance and Outbreak Management: A Systematic Literature Review.
Using Social Media for Actionable Disease Surveillance and Outbreak Management: A Systematic Literature Review.
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10.1371/journal.pone.0139701
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发表时间：
2015
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影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Corley CD
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作者：
Charles-Smith LE;Reynolds TL;Cameron MA;Conway M;Lau EH;Olsen JM;Pavlin JA;Shigematsu M;Streichert LC;Suda KJ;Corley CD
研究表明，社交媒体可能是疾病监测工具包中的宝贵工具，用于提高公共卫生专业人员比传统方法更快地发现疾病爆发的能力，并加强对疾病爆发的反应。由国际疾病监测学会召集的一个由监测从业人员、学术研究人员和其他主题专家组成的社交媒体工作组，使用PRISMA框架进行了系统的初步文献综述，以确定截至2013年2月发表的研究，回答以下问题中的一个：社交媒体能否整合到疾病监测实践和疫情管理中，以支持和改善公共卫生？能否利用社交媒体有效地瞄准人群，特别是弱势人群，测试干预措施并与社区互动，以改善健康结果？社交媒体的例子包括Facebook、MySpace、微博客（如Twitter）、博客和论坛。对于问题1，从2009年开始确定了33份手稿，主题为流感样疾病（n = 15），传染病（n = 6），非传染病（n = 4），药物和疫苗（n = 3）和其他（n = 5）。对于问题2，确定了32份手稿，第一次是在2000年，主题是健康风险行为（n = 10），传染病（n = 3），非传染病（n = 9）和其他（n = 10）。关于使用社交媒体支持公共卫生实践的文献已经确定了当前知识中的许多差距和偏见。尽管在探索性研究中发现了成功的潜力，但对干预措施的研究有限，而且在实践中很少使用社交媒体。然而，从文章中收集的信息表明，社交媒体在支持和改善公共卫生以及确定干预目标人群方面是有效的。审查产生的一项主要建议是确定使公共卫生专业人员能够将社会媒体分析纳入疾病监测和疫情管理实践的机会。
Research studies show that social media may be valuable tools in the disease surveillance toolkit used for improving public health professionals’ ability to detect disease outbreaks faster than traditional methods and to enhance outbreak response. A social media work group, consisting of surveillance practitioners, academic researchers, and other subject matter experts convened by the International Society for Disease Surveillance, conducted a systematic primary literature review using the PRISMA framework to identify research, published through February 2013, answering either of the following questions: Can social media be integrated into disease surveillance practice and outbreak management to support and improve public health? Can social media be used to effectively target populations, specifically vulnerable populations, to test an intervention and interact with a community to improve health outcomes? Examples of social media included are Facebook, MySpace, microblogs (e.g., Twitter), blogs, and discussion forums. For Question 1, 33 manuscripts were identified, starting in 2009 with topics on Influenza-like Illnesses (n = 15), Infectious Diseases (n = 6), Non-infectious Diseases (n = 4), Medication and Vaccines (n = 3), and Other (n = 5). For Question 2, 32 manuscripts were identified, the first in 2000 with topics on Health Risk Behaviors (n = 10), Infectious Diseases (n = 3), Non-infectious Diseases (n = 9), and Other (n = 10). The literature on the use of social media to support public health practice has identified many gaps and biases in current knowledge. Despite the potential for success identified in exploratory studies, there are limited studies on interventions and little use of social media in practice. However, information gleaned from the articles demonstrates the effectiveness of social media in supporting and improving public health and in identifying target populations for intervention. A primary recommendation resulting from the review is to identify opportunities that enable public health professionals to integrate social media analytics into disease surveillance and outbreak management practice.