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ReviewNAM perspectives2021

Identifying Credible Sources of Health Information in Social Media: Principles and Attributes.

Raynard S Kington, Stacey Arnesen, Wen-Ying Sylvia Chou, Susan J Curry, David Lazer, Antonia M Villarruel

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Review in NAM perspectives, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 102 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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102citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

102 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  7. Social Media Health Information Formats and Endometriosis Treatment-Seeking Intentions: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making · 2026
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  9. Educators, Not Influencers: Health Content Creator Perspectives on Research Recruitment Collaboration.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2026
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  11. Vitiligo Information Resource database v3.NPJ systems biology and applications · 2026
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  19. A Joint Initiative to Improve Dental Public Health Communication in Maryland.Journal of the California Dental Association · 2026
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42 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Raynard S KingtonPhillips Academy in Andover.
Stacey ArnesenNational Library of Medicine.
Wen-Ying Sylvia ChouNational Cancer Institute.
Susan J CurryThe University of Iowa.
David LazerNortheastern University.
Antonia M VillarruelUniversity of Pennsylvania.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Identifiers

PMID34611600
PMCPMC8486420

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