Use of Obstetric Practice Web Sites to Distribute Zika Virus Information to Pregnant Women During a Zika Virus Outbreak.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the current use of obstetric practice Web sites to disseminate Zika virus information to patients.

Design

Review of 913 randomly selected practice Web sites and associated social media accounts in January and August 2016.

Setting

Obstetric practice Web sites and associated social media accounts, United States of America.

Participants

N/A.

Main outcome measures

Proportion of obstetric practice Web sites and linked social media accounts providing Zika virus information.

Results

Twenty-five percent and 35% of obstetric practice Web sites had information posted about Zika virus in January 2016 and August 2016, respectively. Between the 2 time points, the proportion of practices posting Zika virus content on Facebook and Twitter d

SUBMITTER: Lehnert JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5636051 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov/Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature