Dissemination of health information through social networks: Twitter and antibiotics
American Journal of Infection ControlPublished 28 March 2010Open access
Daniel Scanfeld, Vanessa Scanfeld, Elaine Larson
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Social media sites offer means of health information sharing and may provide a venue to identify misuse or misunderstanding of antibiotics, promote positive behavior change, disseminate valid information, and explore how such tools can be used to gather real-time health data.
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Social media sites offer means of health information sharing. Further study is warranted to explore how such networks may provide a venue to identify misuse or misunderstanding of antibiotics, promote positive behavior change, disseminate valid information, and explore how such tools can be used to gather real-time health data.
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