Social Media Content About Children's Pain and Sleep: Content and Network Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social media is often used for health communication and can facilitate fast information exchange. Despite its increasing use, little is known about child health information sharing and engagement over social media.

Objective

The primary objectives of this study are to systematically describe the content of social media posts about child pain and sleep and identify the level of research evidence in these posts. The secondary objective is to examine user engagement with information shared over social media.

Methods

Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook were searched by members of the research team over a 2-week period using a comprehensive search strategy. Codes were used to categorize the content of posts to identify the frequency of content categories shared ove

SUBMITTER: Tougas ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6715344 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature