Dissemination of evidence in paediatric emergency medicine: a quantitative descriptive evaluation of a 16-week social media promotion.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

TRanslating Emergency Knowledge for Kids (TREKK) and Cochrane Child Health collaborate to develop knowledge products on paediatric emergency medicine topics. Via a targeted social media promotion, we aimed to increase user interaction with the TREKK and Cochrane Child Health Twitter accounts and the uptake of TREKK Bottom Line Recommendations (BLRs) and Cochrane systematic reviews (SRs).

Design

Quantitative descriptive evaluation.

Setting

We undertook this study and collected data via the internet.

Participants

Our target users included online healthcare providers and health consumers.

Intervention

For 16 weeks, we used Twitter accounts (@TREKKca and @Cochrane_Child) and the Cochrane Child Health blog to promote 6 TREKK BLRs and 16 related Coc

SUBMITTER: Gates A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6009559 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature