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Background: The aims of this paper are to describe 1. systematic reviews describing the relation between social media and health and 2. previous research on utilising social media for predicting health on a population level. Method: A literature search utilising PubMed was performed in March 2014.
The inclusion criteria were that the article describes 1. the relation between social media and health or 2. the utilisation of social media in predicting health on a population level. Results: 11 systematic reviews and 4 articles were included in this review. The included articles were published between 2009–2014. There is a lack of knowledge about the relation and outcomes of social media and health. No systematic review on utilising social media to predict health on a population level was identified. Conclusions: Social media may carry crucial yet undiscovered means to predict and interfere in the health of populations. Future research, innovation and development in this area are highly recommended.
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Laaksonen, C., Jalonen, H., Paavola, J. (2014). Utilising Social Media for Intervening and Predicting Future Health in Societies. In: Saranto, K., Castrén, M., Kuusela, T., Hyrynsalmi, S., Ojala, S. (eds) Safe and Secure Cities. WIS 2014. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 450. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10211-5_11
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