Social Media as a Sentinel for Disease Surveillance: What Does Sociodemographic Status Have to Do with It?

Journal: PLoS currents
Published Date: Dec 7, 2016

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: 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.

Authors

  • Elaine O Nsoesie
    Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle.
  • Luisa Flor
    Public Health Graduate Program, Escola Nacional de Saude Publica (ENSP/Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • Jared Hawkins
    Informatics Program (BCH); Pediatrics (HMS), Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Adyasha Maharana
    Biomedical & Health Informatics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
  • Tobi Skotnes
    Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Fatima Marinho
    NCDs and Health Promotion, Ministry of Health, Brasilia, Federal District, Brazil.
  • John S Brownstein
    Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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