Open AccessSocial Media as a Sentinel for Disease Surveillance: What Does Sociodemographic Status Have to Do with It?
Author(s) -
Elaine O. Nsoesie,
Luísa Sório Flor,
Joseph E. Hawkins,
Adyasha Maharana,
Tobi Skotnes,
Fátima Marinho,
John S. Brownstein
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
plos currents
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.282
H-Index - 49
ISSN - 2157-3999
DOI - 10.1371/currents.outbreaks.cc09a42586e16dc7dd62813b7ee5d6b6
Subject(s) - representativeness heuristic , public health , social media , ethnic group , dengue fever , public health surveillance , medicine , environmental health , disease surveillance , socioeconomic status , per capita , geography , population , demography , political science , psychology , pathology , sociology , social psychology , law
Data from social media have been shown to have utility in augmenting traditional approaches to public health surveillance. Quantifying the representativeness of these data is needed for making accurate public health inferences.