ArticleJournal of education and health promotion2022
Social networks: A quality tool for health dissemination?
Article in Journal of education and health promotion, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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.
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.
Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- Characteristics and correlates of the use of social media for nutrition among young adults in the United Arab Emirates.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Relationship between health-seeking behavior and digital health literacy in epilepsy patients.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P · 2025Article
- Validation and usability assessment of a mobile application on first aid for children for professionals in basic education.Journal of education and health promotion · 2025Article
- Social media integration in medical training: behavioral impact of short-form video creation as an active learning tool.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Beyond Hypoglossal Hype: Social Media Perspectives on the Inspire Upper Airway Stimulation System.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Perception of Internet Use in Relation to Health Decision-Making among Nursing Students.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2023Article
- Digital impact of world hepatitis day: Formulating evidence-based recommendations for promoting healthcare awareness events.Journal of education and health promotion · 2023Article
- WhatsApp-based anemia e-leaflet for young women as a media for adolescent health promotion.Journal of education and health promotion · 2023Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundSocial networks are integrated in our lives and, amongst other functions, they are a means of dissemination. There are numerous social network accounts dedicated to health that could be used as an educational resource. The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality of accounts dedicated to health in different social networks, assessing their content and didactic and technological effectiveness and accessibility. MATERIALS AND
methodsObservational cross-sectional descriptive study in which an analysis of social networks related to health was carried out from April to June 2021 in Spain. Twenty-eight accounts were analysed using a mixed qualitative-quantitative methodology. Content analysis of the speeches disseminated through the selected accounts was performed. In addition, the quality of the accounts was assessed with the Instrumento de Evaluación de Recursos Educativos Digitales (#IE_RED) (Digital Educational Resources Evaluation Instrument [#IE_RED]).
resultsFour categories were identified according to the content: student-focused profiles, specific professionals' profiles, current health issues and profiles promoting a healthy lifestyle. In addition, the quality of the accounts obtained a score that indicates they meet the requirements to be validated as a good educational digital resource but could be improved. Instagram social network accounts and those managed by nurses scored significantly higher.
conclusionsThe analysed accounts were revealed as a quality tool for health dissemination, with varied content and applicable to teaching. Their use could be applied both to the training of health professionals and to the promotion of the population's health.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.