Innovating health prevention models in detecting infectious disease outbreaks through social media data: an umbrella review of the evidence.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction and objective

The number of literature reviews examining the use of social media in detecting emerging infectious diseases has recently experienced an unprecedented growth. Yet, a higher-level integration of the evidence is still lacking. This study aimed to synthesize existing systematic literature reviews published on this topic, offering an overview that can help policymakers and public health authorities to select appropriate policies and guidelines.

Methods

We conducted an umbrella review: a review of systematic reviews published between 2011 and 2023 following the PRISMA statement guidelines. The review protocol was registered in the PROSPERO database (CRD42021254568). As part of the search strategy, three database searches were conducted, specifically in

SUBMITTER: Giancotti M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11621043 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature