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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 (FIT)
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"
}
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