Text mining analysis to understand the impact of online news on public health response: case of syphilis epidemic in Brazil.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To effectively combat the rising incidence of syphilis, the Brazilian Ministry of Health (MoH) created a National Rapid Response to Syphilis with actions aimed at bolstering epidemiological surveillance of acquired, congenital syphilis, and syphilis during pregnancy complemented with communication activities to raise population awareness and to increase uptake of testing that targeted mass media outlets from November 2018 to March 2019 throughout Brazil, and mainly areas with high rates of syphilis. This study analyzes the volume and quality of online news content on syphilis in Brazil between 2015 and 2019 and examines its effect on testing.

Methods

The collection and processing of online news were automated by means of a proprietary digital health ecosystem esta

SUBMITTER: Pinto R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10646330 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature