Perceptions of Health-Related Information on Facebook: Cross-Sectional Study Among Vietnamese Youths.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While health information websites may have previously been the core source of information about health-related conditions on the Internet, social networking sites are increasingly replacing those websites as a source of health-related information. The increasingly popularity of social networking sites among the general population has consequential impact on health policies as well as health-related interventions. To date, there remains a paucity of research conducted in developing countries like Vietnam looking at the influence of social networking sites.

Objective

Our goal is to establish the baseline use of Facebook among Vietnamese youths and establish their perception of the reliability and usefulness of health-related information that they previously encounte

SUBMITTER: Zhang MW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5608988 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature