|
Population health areas that would benefit from social media use
|
|
Promotion of health behaviors
|
187
|
(60.71)
|
|
Community engagement
|
147
|
(47.73)
|
|
Preventive care (e.g. diabetes screening, immunization)
|
125
|
(40.58)
|
|
Chronic disease management
|
119
|
(38.64)
|
|
Care coordination
|
78
|
(25.32)
|
|
Mental health
|
55
|
(17.86)
|
|
Social support
|
54
|
(17.53)
|
|
Health-social interface
|
56
|
(18.18)
|
|
Population health policy
|
34
|
(11.04)
|
|
Intermediate to long term care
|
22
|
(7.14)
|
|
Palliative/End-of-life care
|
18
|
(5.84)
|
|
Research
|
10
|
(3.25)
|
|
Acute disease management
|
9
|
(2.92)
|
|
Post-acute care recovery
|
8
|
(2.60)
|
|
Age groups (years) that would benefit from social media use
|
|
12 and below
|
46
|
(14.94)
|
|
13–19
|
160
|
(51.95)
|
|
20–29
|
256
|
(83.12)
|
|
30–39
|
284
|
(92.21)
|
|
40–49
|
276
|
(89.61)
|
|
50–59
|
210
|
(68.18)
|
|
60–69
|
117
|
(37.99)
|
|
70 and above
|
56
|
(18.18)
|
|
Recipients that would benefit from social media use
|
|
Caregivers
|
269
|
(87.34)
|
|
Healthcare professionals in the community
|
259
|
(84.09)
|
|
Patients
|
238
|
(77.27)
|
|
Healthcare professionals in acute hospitals
|
170
|
(55.19)
|
|
Social care professionals in acute hospitals
|
161
|
(52.27)
|
|
Useful modes of communication in population health
|
|
Social media sites/apps
|
237
|
(76.95)
|
|
Face-to-face group sessions
|
225
|
(73.05)
|
|
Websites
|
165
|
(53.57)
|
|
Text messages
|
102
|
(33.12)
|
|
Telephone calls
|
84
|
(27.27)
|
|
Main challenges for the use of social media
|
|
Time investment by health care professionals
|
173
|
(56.17)
|
|
Patient adoption
|
163
|
(52.92)
|
|
Infrastructure development of technological approaches
|
158
|
(51.30)
|
|
Providing supervision and follow-up
|
151
|
(49.03)
|
|
Adoption by health care professionals
|
140
|
(45.45)
|
|
Cost investment
|
133
|
(43.18)
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