Protocol for the development of a reporting guideline for causal and counterfactual prediction models in biomedicine by Yi Guo, Hua Xu, Fei Wang, Jie Xu, Jiang Bian, Robert Lucero, Mattia Prosperi

“…The dissemination of PRECOG and its products will be done through journal publications, conferences, websites and social media.…”
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Analisis Forensik Digital untuk Investigasi Kasus Cyberbullying pada Media Sosial Tiktok by Halimah Septya Mikayla, Ari Kusyanti, Primantara Hari Trisnawan

“…Abstract TikTok is currently a widely popular social media platform among users and is also a media where various forms of cyberbullying are encountered. …”
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Do you have depression? A summative content analysis of mental health-related content on TikTok by Roxanne Turuba, Marco Zenone, Raman Srivastava, Jonathan Stea, Yuri Quintana, Nikki Ow, Kirsten Marchand, Amanda Kwan, Anna-Joy Ong, Xiaoxu Ding, Cassia Warren, Alessandro R Marcon, Jo Henderson, Steve Mathias, Skye Barbic

“…Background TikTok is a global social media platform with over 1 billion active users. …”
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Using Large Language Models to Detect and Understand Drug Discontinuation Events in Web-Based Forums: Development and Validation Study by William Trevena, Xiang Zhong, Michelle Alvarado, Alexander Semenov, Alp Oktay, Devin Devlin, Aarya Yogesh Gohil, Sai Harsha Chittimouju

“…These advancements have expanded into health care, allowing analysis of social media for public health insights. However, the detection of drug discontinuation events (DDEs) remains underexplored. …”
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Perencanaan Strategis Sistem Informasi Pada Lembaga Amil Zakat Menggunakan Analisis SWOT Berbasis Lima Faktor Seni Perang Sun Tzu Berdasarkan Anita Cassidy by Ucky Pradestha Novettralita, R. Rizal Isnanto, Catur Edi Widodo

“…Some of the key strategies obtained from this research are the promotion and education of zakat through social media and other online media; providing technology to make it easier for people to pay zakat by creating applications like Mobile Zakat application, Customer Relationship System (CRS); and developing capabilities in utilizing 5G technology and new technologies. …”
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How does social capital facilitate community disaster resilience? A systematic review by Guanhu Zhao, Guanhu Zhao, Xu Hui, Xu Hui, Fazhen Zhao, Fazhen Zhao, Fazhen Zhao, Lufang Feng, Lufang Feng, Yao Lu, Yao Lu, Yuting Zhang, Yuting Zhang

“…Furthermore, social capital mechanisms for enhancing community disaster resilience are observed across social (man-made) and natural disaster scenarios.ConclusionThese findings provide valuable guidelines for risk management practice by social capital to improve community disaster resilience: (1) enhance community residents’ risk perception and social learning capacity; (2) reinforcing offline face-to-face and social media-based disaster risk communication; (3) placing greater emphasis on the capacity for community collective action and disaster preparedness.…”
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A methodology to compile multi-hazard interrelationships in a data-scarce setting: an application to the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal by H. E. Thompson, J. C. Gill, R. Šakić Trogrlić, F. E. Taylor, B. D. Malamud

“…We use blended evidence types, including academic literature, grey literature, media, databases, and social media, to systematically search for exemplars of single hazard types and multi-hazard interrelationships that have influenced or could potentially influence the Kathmandu Valley. …”
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E-cigarette use among adolescents in Latin America: A systematic review of prevalence and associated factors by Juan S. Izquierdo-Condoy, Kenny Ruiz Sosa, Camila Salazar-Santoliva, Natalia Restrepo, Guillermo Olaya-Villareal, Juan S. Castillo-Concha, Valentina Loaiza-Guevara, Esteban Ortiz-Prado

“…Comprehensive prevention programs addressing factors associated with adolescent e-cigarette use in Latin America, involving diverse stakeholders and integrating education, school-based policies, social media campaigns, and policy restrictions, are strongly recommended.…”
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Seeking abortion medications online: experiences from a mystery client study in Colombia by Daniel Arango Arango, Alice F Cartwright, Ava Braccia, Ann Moore, Maria M Vivas

“…This study sought to understand whether online sellers provide the instructions and medication dosages necessary for effective medication abortions.Design The study design involved mystery clients contacting sellers identified across websites and social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok) to purchase abortion pills. …”
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Using group model building to frame the commercial determinants of dietary behaviour in adolescence – findings from online system mapping workshops with adolescents, policymakers a... by Yanaina Chavez-Ugalde, Frank De Vocht, Russell Jago, Martin White, Zoi Toumpakari

“…They recognised that the coexisting influence of food marketing and social media on mental health and body image is not well reflected in current policy and research efforts. …”
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Knowledge and attitude among Egyptian medical students regarding the role of human papillomavirus vaccine in prevention of oropharyngeal cancer: a questionnaire-based observational... by Mohammed. N. Abdelaziz, Abdullah Hefnawy, Hajer Azzam, Omar Reisha, Omar Hamdy

“…We privately gathered answers via colleagues and electronically via online Google forms posted on social media groups. This study concentrated on the poor knowledge of HPV among Egyptian medical students, particularly urban male students with a mean age of 21.72 ± 1.6 enrolled in clinical years mostly in Cairo, Sharqia, and Gharbia governorates. …”
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Potentially traumatic childbirth experience, childbirth-related post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms, and the parent-infant relationship in non-birthing parents by Rebecca Hunter, Leonardo De Pascalis, Kieran Anders, Pauline Slade

“…Participants were recruited through social media platforms via third-sector organisations, namely Dad Matters; a Home-Start project and The Birth Trauma Association. …”
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‘Everyone should know what they’re on’: a qualitative study of attitudes towards and use of patient held lists of medicines among patients, carers and healthcare professionals in p... by Caitriona Cahir, Kathleen E Bennett, Sheena M Mc Hugh, Ciara Kirke, Muriel Pate, Bernadine O'Donovan

“…The aims of this study are to investigate attitudes towards and use of PHMLs among healthcare professionals (HCPs), patients and carers.Design Qualitative study based on 39 semistructured telephone interviews.Setting Primary and secondary care settings in Ireland.Participants Twenty-one HCPs and 18 people taking medicines and caregivers.Methods Telephone interviews were conducted with HCPs, people taking multiple medicines (5+ medicines) and carers of people taking medicines who were purposively sampled via social media, patient groups and research collaborators. …”
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Community knowledge, perceptions and practices around COVID-19 in Sierra Leone: a nationwide, cross-sectional survey by Maike Winters, Helena Nordenstedt, Mohammad B Jalloh, Paul Sengeh, Nance Webber, Ibrahim Ngobeh, Thomas Samba, Harold Thomas

“…Radio (73%) was the most used source for COVID-19 information, followed by social media (39%). Having a medium or high level of knowledge was associated with higher odds of washing hands with soap (medium knowledge: adjusted OR (AOR) 2.1, 95% CI 1.0 to 4.4; high knowledge: AOR 4.6, 95% CI 2.1 to 10.2) and avoiding crowds (medium knowledge: AOR 2.0, 95% CI 1.1 to 3.6; high knowledge: AOR 2.3, 95% CI 1.2 to 4.3).Conclusions This study shows that in the context of COVID-19 in Sierra Leone, there is a strong association between knowledge and practices. …”
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Effectiveness of Fewer Falls, an online group-based self-management fall prevention programme for people with multiple sclerosis: protocol of a randomised controlled trial by Maria Flink, Charlotte Ytterberg, Kristina Gottberg, Marie Kierkegaard, Susanna Tuvemo Johnson, Elizabeth Walker Peterson, Ulrika Meijer, Johanna Bylinder

“…The results will be presented in peer-reviewed journals, through the patient organisation Neuro Sweden, at conferences, and in social media.Trial registration number ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT05789225.…”
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Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents’ Preferences for HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Social Marketing Campaigns: Qualitative Preimplementation Study by Kathryn Macapagal, Juan Pablo Zapata, Junye Ma, Jacob D Gordon, Christopher Owens, Silvia Valadez-Tapia, Peter Cummings, Nathan Walter, Jim Pickett

“…For place and promotion, participants preferred digital campaigns on social media to reduce the possibility of embarrassment and stigma and increase the accessibility of health content. …”
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A role for qualitative methods in researching Twitter data on a popular science article's communication by Travis Noakes, Corrie Susanna Uys, Patricia Ann Harpur, Izak van Zyl

“…However, a scholarly gap exists in exploring how qualitative methods can be applied to small data regarding micro-bloggers' communications about science articles. While social media attention assists with article dissemination, qualitative research into the associated microblogging practices remains limited. …”
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Community perspectives regarding brain-computer interfaces: A cross-sectional study of community-dwelling adults in the UK. by Austen El-Osta, Mahmoud Al Ammouri, Shujhat Khan, Sami Altalib, Manisha Karki, Eva Riboli-Sasco, Azeem Majeed

“…However, despite the rapid progress in BCI technology and social media discussions around Neuralink, public perceptions and ethical considerations concerning BCIs-particularly within community settings in the UK-have not been thoroughly investigated.…”
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Changing the trajectories of mental health difficulties in Norfolk and Suffolk: a research-priority-setting project with patients, the public, clinicians, policymakers and other st... by Caitlin Notley, Jayati Das-Munshi, Craig Morgan, Kristy Sanderson, Sherifat Oduola, Zarnie Khadjesari, Helen Parretti, Niall Broomfield, Amy Zile, Sol Morrissey, Joni Holmes

“…Research findings will be disseminated through workshops with stakeholders and collaborators and via peer-reviewed scientific publications, presentations at academic societies, blogs and social media.…”
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Early warning systems (EWSs) for chikungunya, dengue, malaria, yellow fever, and Zika outbreaks: What is the evidence? A scoping review. by Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb, Tatiana Rivera Ramírez, Axel Kroeger, Ernesto Gozzer, Silvia Runge-Ranzinger

“…Key findings were the following: (1) a large number of studies showed the quality performance of their prediction models but except for dengue outbreaks, only few presented statistical prediction validity of EWS; (2) while entomological, epidemiological, and social media alarm indicators are potentially useful for outbreak warning, almost all studies focus primarily or exclusively on meteorological indicators, which tends to limit the prediction capacity; (3) no assessment of the integration of the EWS into a routine surveillance system could be found, and only few studies addressed the users' perspective of the tool; (4) almost all EWS tools require highly skilled users with advanced statistics; and (5) spatial prediction remains a limitation with no tool currently able to map high transmission areas at small spatial level.…”
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