The substantial awareness role of web-based and social media platforms in developing countries during a pandemic scenario: the example of COVID-19.
J Public Health (Oxf)
; 42(3): 642-643, 2020 Aug 18.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-506093
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
During the outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19, social media platforms have shown effectiveness in information dissemination. Delivering evidence-based medical knowledge and trustworthy recommendations is a difficult mission for classical entities, especially in a war-torn country with a fragile health system. In this context, the role of non-governmental scientific organizations was proven, filling the gap between original scientific sources and a non-English speaking population.METHODS:
We reviewed an example of an organization named Syrian Researchers, which publishes based-on-reliable-sources of scientific content and has massive reachability across Middle East and beyond.RESULTS:
We strongly believe that this model is a simple and suitable approach that may be helpful for other low-income or war-torn countries in the context of health-related disasters.CONCLUSIONS:
This subject is of high importance and we believe that this approach may ameliorate public health knowledge, thus, participate in defying the COVID-19 consequences.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Disease Outbreaks
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Coronavirus Infections
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Information Dissemination
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Developing Countries
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Pandemics
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Social Media
Type of study:
Observational study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
J Public Health (Oxf)
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Pubmed
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