ReviewNursing reports (Pavia, Italy)2024
Social Networks as a Tool for Evidence-Based Health Education: Umbrella Review.
Review in Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Non-technical skills in acute care: an umbrella review of assessment, training, and implications for emergency department practice.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Evaluating the quality and reliability of rotator cuff injury related videos on Bilibili and TikTok: A cross-sectional analysis.Medicine · 2026Article
- Assessment of the consistency between YouTube videos and scientific evidence on paediatric myopia control.PloS one · 2026Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe number of people who access social networking sites continues to increase at an exponential rate. The use of technology is an essential skill for nursing professionals and its development represents a challenge in improving health education, promotion and care. The objective of this systematic review is to analyse the use of social networking sites by healthcare professionals as an intervention tool for evidence-based public health education.
methodsThe protocol of this umbrella review was registered in the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (CRD42023407249). Searches were carried out in MEDLINE (PubMed), Web of Science, CINAHL, PsycINFO (EBSCOhost), and Cochrane Library of Systematic Reviews, in February 2023. A narrative synthesis of the results was conducted.
results1896 articles were found, of which 15 reviews fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Social networks broadened the profession; they were YouTube, X (formerly Twitter), Facebook, and Instagram. The target population was mainly young professionals, and they came across different topic areas that addressed health education.
conclusionsIt is important to have information backed by scientific evidence to make health decisions. Health professionals active on social networking sites have a unique opportunity to educate the public about health by sharing scientific evidence in an accessible and clear way, which helps to combat misinformation.
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