2012
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.10.020
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Epilepsy in the Twitter era: A need to re-tweet the way we think about seizures

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“…On some social media platforms (eg, Twitter), blacks, Latinos, and those in urban populations are overrepresented relative to the general population. 101,102 For many health conditions (eg, depression, cholera, epilepsy, concussion, migraine), social media and social networks 103 have been used to study health and health behaviors, [104][105][106][107] as well as implement interventions to improve health outcomes. As an example, the power of harnessing social networks for obesity has been described in an AHA scientific statement.…”
Section: Social Mediamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…On some social media platforms (eg, Twitter), blacks, Latinos, and those in urban populations are overrepresented relative to the general population. 101,102 For many health conditions (eg, depression, cholera, epilepsy, concussion, migraine), social media and social networks 103 have been used to study health and health behaviors, [104][105][106][107] as well as implement interventions to improve health outcomes. As an example, the power of harnessing social networks for obesity has been described in an AHA scientific statement.…”
Section: Social Mediamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Prior work has demonstrated that Twitter has been used to monitor influenza [15] postpartum depression [16], concussion [17], epilepsy [18], and migraine [19]. Prevalence of disease has been correlated with frequency of Twitter posting across a variety of diseases.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Además, nuestros resultados muestran cómo el uso de esta red puede contribuir a la propagación de conductas alimentarias no saludables en aficionados a la práctica deportiva. En este sentido, ya ha sido descrito con anterioridad el uso de esta red social para diseminar aspectos negativos de las convulsiones epilépticas, las cuales habían estado históricamente sujetas al estigma social (40). Nuestros resultados coinciden con estudios previos que evidencian la capacidad de Internet como herramienta con potencial para promover que la población cambie su estilo de vida (41 fóbicas, al igual que en el caso de la anorexia, conceptualizan estas prácticas no como una patología o un desorden, sino como un estilo de vida de un nuevo colectivo social creado y difundido a través de una comunidad virtual, existiendo comportamientos similares a los encontrados en las tribus urbanas (42).…”
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