Publication Details

How to Exploit Twitter for Public Health Monitoring

DENECKE, K.; KRIECK, M.; OTRUSINA, L.; SMRŽ, P.; DOLOG, P.; NEJDL, W.; VELASCO, E. How to Exploit Twitter for Public Health Monitoring. Methods of Information in Medicine, 2013, vol. 52, no. 4, p. 326-339. ISSN: 0026-1270.

Czech title

Jak využít Twitter pro sledování veřejného zdraví

Type

journal article

Language

English

Authors

Denecke Kerstin
Krieck Manuela
Otrusina Lubomír, Ing. (DCGM)
Smrž Pavel, doc. RNDr., Ph.D. (DCGM)
Dolog Peter
Nejdl Wolfgang
Velasco Edward

Keywords

public health monitoring; social media analysis; big data for health

Abstract

Detecting hints to public health
threats as early as possible is crucial to prevent
harm from the population. However,
many disease surveillance strategies rely
upon data whose collection requires explicit
reporting (data transmitted from hospitals,
laboratories or physicians). Collecting reports
takes time so that the reaction time grows.
Moreover, context information on individual
cases is often lost in the collection process.
This paper describes a system that tries to
address these limitations by processing social
media for identifying information on
public health threats. The primary objective is
to study the usefulness of the approach for
supporting the monitoring of a population's
health status.

Published

2013

Pages

326–339

Journal

Methods of Information in Medicine, vol. 52, no. 4, ISSN 0026-1270

BibTeX

@article{BUT119886,
  author="Kerstin {Denecke} and Manuela {Krieck} and Lubomír {Otrusina} and Pavel {Smrž} and Peter {Dolog} and Wolfgang {Nejdl} and Edward {Velasco}",
  title="How to Exploit Twitter for Public Health Monitoring",
  journal="Methods of Information in Medicine",
  year="2013",
  volume="52",
  number="4",
  pages="326--339",
  issn="0026-1270"
}