ReviewAntimicrobial resistance and infection control2020
Emojis in public health and how they might be used for hand hygiene and infection prevention and control.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.
- The COVID-19 pandemic and N95 masks: reusability and decontamination methods.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2021Pooled it
- Other ways of communicating the pandemic - memes and stickers against COVID-19: a systematic review.F1000Research · 2021Pooled it
- Strategic Use of Negative Emojis in Messaging-Based Interventions for Public Health Communication on Social Media: Mixed Methods Study.JMIR human factors · 2026Article
- Representation of Medical Concepts in Emojis Using Medical Subject Headings to Identify Gaps and Opportunities: Cross-Sectional Analysis.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- From Knowledge to Practice: The Effect of Multimodal Strategies on Hand Hygiene Improvement in Tunisia.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2025Article
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- Development of an infectious disease prevention behavior model for public health center workers in a rural area of Indonesia.Journal of public health in Africa · 2022Article
- Emoji Education: How Students Can Help Increase Health Awareness by Making Emojis.JMIR medical education · 2022Article
- An (un)healthy social dilemma: a normative messaging field experiment with flu vaccinations.Health economics review · 2022Article
- Hand Hygiene Compliance at Two Tertiary Hospitals in Freetown, Sierra Leone, in 2021: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Using Emoji Stickers to Understand End-User Opinions of the Dapivirine Vaginal Ring for HIV Prevention.AIDS and behavior · 2021Article
- Surveilling COVID-19 Emotional Contagion on Twitter by Sentiment Analysis.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2021Article
- Reopening of dental clinics during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: an evidence-based review of literature for clinical interventions.Maxillofacial plastic and reconstructive surgery · 2020Review
- Emojis and Emoticons in Health Care and Dermatology Communication: Narrative Review.JMIR dermatologyArticle
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Abstract
Emojis are frequently used picture characters known as possible surrogates for non-verbal aspects of behavior. Considering the ability of emojis to enhance and facilitate communication, there has been a growing interest in studying their effects in scientific and health-related topics over the past few years. Infection prevention and control (IPC) is a field of medicine that is directly associated with specific behaviors. These include hand hygiene, which is the cornerstone of the prevention of healthcare-associated infections, and essential in stemming the spread of antimicrobial resistance. This paper aims to provide an overview of how emojis have been used in the medical and public health literature and proposes their possible use in IPC and hand hygiene to put forth a vision for the future research.
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