[HTML][HTML] Global sentiments surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic on Twitter: analysis of Twitter trends

MO Lwin, J Lu, A Sheldenkar, PJ Schulz… - JMIR public health …, 2020 - publichealth.jmir.org
Background: With the World Health Organization's pandemic declaration and government-
initiated actions against coronavirus disease (COVID-19), sentiments surrounding COVID …

[HTML][HTML] The application of internet-based sources for public health surveillance (infoveillance): systematic review

JM Barros, J Duggan… - Journal of medical internet …, 2020 - jmir.org
Background Public health surveillance is based on the continuous and systematic collection,
analysis, and interpretation of data. This informs the development of early warning systems …

Surveillance of communicable diseases using social media: A systematic review

P Pilipiec, I Samsten, A Bota - PLoS One, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Communicable diseases pose a severe threat to public health and economic
growth. The traditional methods that are used for public health surveillance, however …

[HTML][HTML] Using reports of symptoms and diagnoses on social media to predict COVID-19 case counts in mainland China: Observational infoveillance study

C Shen, A Chen, C Luo, J Zhang, B Feng… - Journal of medical Internet …, 2020 - jmir.org
Background Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has affected more than 200 countries and
territories worldwide. This disease poses an extraordinary challenge for public health …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring public response to COVID-19 on Weibo with LDA topic modeling and sentiment analysis

R Xie, SKW Chu, DKW Chiu, Y Wang - Data and Information Management, 2021 - Elsevier
It is necessary and important to understand public responses to crises, including disease
outbreaks. Traditionally, surveys have played an essential role in collecting public opinion …

[HTML][HTML] The use of social media in public health surveillance

ICH Fung, ZTH Tse, KW Fu - Western Pacific surveillance and …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Social media and other population-based digital platforms provide additional data sources
for public health surveillance to detect disease outbreaks and estimate disease incidence …

[HTML][HTML] Leveraging transfer learning to analyze opinions, attitudes, and behavioral intentions toward COVID-19 vaccines: social media content and temporal analysis

S Liu, J Li, J Liu - Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2021 - jmir.org
Background The COVID-19 vaccine is considered to be the most promising approach to
alleviate the pandemic. However, in recent surveys, acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine …

[HTML][HTML] Using narrative evidence to convey health information on social media: the case of COVID-19

A Gesser-Edelsburg - Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2021 - jmir.org
During disease outbreaks or pandemics, policy makers must convey information to the
public for informative purposes (eg, morbidity or mortality rates). They must also motivate …

[HTML][HTML] Utility and potential of rapid epidemic intelligence from internet-based sources

SJ Yan, AA Chughtai, CR Macintyre - International Journal of Infectious …, 2017 - Elsevier
Objectives Rapid epidemic detection is an important objective of surveillance to enable
timely intervention, but traditional validated surveillance data may not be available in the …

[HTML][HTML] The evolution of public sentiments during the COVID-19 pandemic: case comparisons of India, Singapore, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United …

MO Lwin, A Sheldenkar, J Lu, PJ Schulz… - JMIR …, 2022 - infodemiology.jmir.org
Background: Public sentiments are an important indicator of crisis response, with the need to
balance exigency without adding to panic or projecting overconfidence. Given the rapid …