Research Article
Social Media: A Systematic Review to Understand the Evidence and Application in Infodemiology
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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-29262-0_1, author={Stacey Guy and Alexandria Ratzki-Leewing and Raphael Bahati and Femida Gwadry-Sridhar}, title={Social Media: A Systematic Review to Understand the Evidence and Application in Infodemiology}, proceedings={Electronic Healthcare. 4th International Conference, eHealth 2011, M\^{a}laga, Spain, November 21-23, 2011, Revised Selected Papers}, proceedings_a={E-HEALTH}, year={2012}, month={5}, keywords={social media review population surveillance data mining}, doi={10.1007/978-3-642-29262-0_1} }- Stacey Guy
Alexandria Ratzki-Leewing
Raphael Bahati
Femida Gwadry-Sridhar
Year: 2012
Social Media: A Systematic Review to Understand the Evidence and Application in Infodemiology
E-HEALTH
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-29262-0_1
Abstract
Social media represents a new frontier in disease surveillance. Infoveillance allows for the real-time retrieval of internet data. Our objective was to systematically review the literature utilizing social media as a source for disease prediction and surveillance. A review of English-language conference proceedings and journal articles from 1999 to 2011 using EMBASE and PubMed was conducted. A total of 12 full-text articles were included. Results of these studies show the use of open-source micro-blogging sites to inform influenza-like-illness monitoring. These results inform recommendations for future research directions.
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