Use of Social Media to Promote Cancer Screening and Early Diagnosis: Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social media is commonly used in public health interventions to promote cancer screening and early diagnosis, as it can rapidly deliver targeted public health messages to large numbers of people. However, there is currently little understanding of the breadth of social media interventions and evaluations, whether they are effective, and how they might improve outcomes.

Objective

This scoping review aimed to map the evidence for social media interventions to improve cancer screening and early diagnosis, including their impact on behavior change and how they facilitate behavior change.

Methods

Five databases and the grey literature were searched to identify qualitative and quantitative evaluations of social media interventions targeting cancer screening and e

SUBMITTER: Plackett R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7683249 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature