Challenges, alternatives, and paths to sustainability: better public health promotion using social networking pages as key tools
This paper discusses the possibility of promoting public health and implementing educational health services using Facebook. We discuss the challenges and strengths of using such a platform as a tool for public health care systems from two different perspectives, namely, the view of IT developers an...
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| author | Zaidan , A. A. Zaidan , B. B. Kadhem, Z. Moussa, Larbani Lakulu, Modi B. Hashim, M. |
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| description | This paper discusses the possibility of promoting public health and implementing educational health services using Facebook. We discuss the challenges and strengths of using such a platform as a tool for public health care systems from two different perspectives, namely, the view of IT developers and that of physicians. We present a new way of evaluating user interactivity in health care systems from tools provided by Facebook that measure statistical traffic in the Internet. Findings show that Facebook is a very promising tool in promoting e-health services in Web 2.0. Results from statistical traffic show that a Facebook page is more efficient than other pages in promoting public health. |
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| spelling | iium-508512019-10-14T02:01:25Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/50851/ Challenges, alternatives, and paths to sustainability: better public health promotion using social networking pages as key tools Zaidan , A. A. Zaidan , B. B. Kadhem, Z. Moussa, Larbani Lakulu, Modi B. Hashim, M. R Medicine (General) This paper discusses the possibility of promoting public health and implementing educational health services using Facebook. We discuss the challenges and strengths of using such a platform as a tool for public health care systems from two different perspectives, namely, the view of IT developers and that of physicians. We present a new way of evaluating user interactivity in health care systems from tools provided by Facebook that measure statistical traffic in the Internet. Findings show that Facebook is a very promising tool in promoting e-health services in Web 2.0. Results from statistical traffic show that a Facebook page is more efficient than other pages in promoting public health. Springer New York LLC 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/50851/1/50851_Challenges%2C_alternatives%2C_and_paths_to_sustainability.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/50851/2/50851_Challenges%2C_alternatives%2C_and_paths_to_sustainability_SCOPUS.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/50851/3/50851_Challenges%2C_alternatives%2C_and_paths_to_sustainability_WOS.pdf Zaidan , A. A. and Zaidan , B. B. and Kadhem, Z. and Moussa, Larbani and Lakulu, Modi B. and Hashim, M. (2015) Challenges, alternatives, and paths to sustainability: better public health promotion using social networking pages as key tools. Journal of Medical Systems, 39 (2). pp. 1-7. ISSN 0148-5598 http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10916-013-9987-7 10.1007/s10916-015-0201-y |
| spellingShingle | R Medicine (General) Zaidan , A. A. Zaidan , B. B. Kadhem, Z. Moussa, Larbani Lakulu, Modi B. Hashim, M. Challenges, alternatives, and paths to sustainability: better public health promotion using social networking pages as key tools |
| title | Challenges, alternatives, and paths to sustainability: better public health promotion using social networking pages as key tools |
| title_full | Challenges, alternatives, and paths to sustainability: better public health promotion using social networking pages as key tools |
| title_fullStr | Challenges, alternatives, and paths to sustainability: better public health promotion using social networking pages as key tools |
| title_full_unstemmed | Challenges, alternatives, and paths to sustainability: better public health promotion using social networking pages as key tools |
| title_short | Challenges, alternatives, and paths to sustainability: better public health promotion using social networking pages as key tools |
| title_sort | challenges, alternatives, and paths to sustainability: better public health promotion using social networking pages as key tools |
| topic | R Medicine (General) |
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