Open AccessCommunication About Childhood Obesity on Twitter
Author(s) -
Jenine K. Harris,
Sarah Moreland-Russell,
Rachel G. Tabak,
Lindsay R. Ruhr,
Ryan Maier
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2013.301860
Subject(s) - social media , conversation , dissemination , health communication , government (linguistics) , descriptive statistics , content analysis , advertising , psychology , medicine , business , computer science , world wide web , communication , sociology , mathematics , telecommunications , social science , linguistics , philosophy , statistics
Little is known about the use of social media as a tool for health communication. We used a mixed-methods design to examine communication about childhood obesity on Twitter.