Objective User-generated content (UGC) in online environments provides opportunities to
learn an individual's health status outside of clinical settings. However, the nature of UGC …

The rise of digital health technologies is, for some, a panacea to many of the medical and
public health challenges we face today. This is the first book to articulate a critical response …

Researchers and policy makers worldwide are interested in measuring the subjective well-
being of populations. When users post on social media, they leave behind digital traces that …

Researchers in fields such as sociology, demography and public health, have used data
from social media to explore a diversity of questions. In public health, researchers use data …

Background: The importance of sleep is paramount to health. Insufficient sleep can reduce
physical, emotional, and mental well-being and can lead to a multitude of health …

Background Patient portals have the potential to support self-management for chronic
diseases and improve health outcomes. With the rapid rise in adoption of patient portals …

Purpose To determine how adolescents and young adults (AYAs) use social media to share
health information and to assess attitudes toward using social media to obtain health …

The disciplines of environmental and resource economics have been developed over
decades as a substantial specialisation of economic theory and application. Environmental …

Public health thrives on high-quality evidence, yet acquiring meaningful data on a
population remains a central challenge of public health research and practice. Social …

Background: Studies suggest that where people live, play, and work can influence health
and well-being. However, the dearth of neighborhood data, especially data that is timely and …