Identifying New Frontiers for Social Media Engagement in Global Surgery: An Observational Study

Navarro, Sergio M.; Keil, Evan J; Dube, Andile; Dedeker, Connor; Stewart, Kelsey A.; Ncube, Thando; Rickard, Jennifer; Lavy, Chris; Tuttle, Todd M.

doi:10.1007/s00268-020-05553-8

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“…Mobile carriers would undoubtedly be the eventual beneficiaries of increased telemedicine use post-pandemic providing the business incentive. Social media systems also provide a potential avenue for rapid dissemination of information for guidelines, information, and encouraging dialogue, particularly for surgeons around the globe [34]. Furthermore, USSD-based and WhatsApp-based technologies may also be able to provide information and group-based network answers to expand available information [35,36] Financing Many African countries have yet to meet the obligations of the Abuja declaration, let alone the investment required to scale-up surgical access by 2030 that has been estimated at 4-8% of total annual health expenditures among LMICs [37].…”

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“…Social media systems also provide a potential avenue for rapid dissemination of information for guidelines, information, and encouraging dialogue, particularly for surgeons around the globe [34]. Furthermore, USSD‐based and WhatsApp‐based technologies may also be able to provide information and group‐based network answers to expand available information [35, 36]…”

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Exploring the Impact of COVID‐19 on Progress Towards Achieving Global Surgery Goals

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Introduction In the 5 months since it began, the COVID-19 pandemic has placed extraordinary demands on health systems around the world including surgery. Competing health objectives and resource redeployment threaten to retard the scale-up of surgical services in low-and middle-income countries where access to safe, affordable and timely care is low. The key aspiration of the Lancet Commission on global surgery was promotion of resilience in surgical systems. The current pandemic provides an opportunity to stress-test those systems and identify fault-lines that may not be easily apparent outside of times of crisis. Methods We endeavoured to explore vulnerable points in surgical systems learning from the experience of past outbreaks, using examples from the current pandemic, and make recommendations for future health emergencies. The 6-component framework for surgical systems planning was used to categorise the effects of COVID-19 on surgical systems, with a particular focus on low-and middle-income countries. Key vulnerabilities were identified and recommendations were made for the current pandemic and for the future. Results Multiple stress points were identified throughout all of the 6 components of surgical systems. The impact is expected to be highest in the workforce, service delivery and infrastructure domains. Innovative new technologies should be employed to allow consistent, high-quality surgical care to continue even in times of crisis. Conclusions If robust progress towards global surgery goals for 2030 is to continue, the stress points identified should be reinforced. An ongoing process of reappraisal and fortification will keep surgical systems in low-and middle-income countries responsive to ''old threats and new challenges''. Multiple opportunities exist to help realise the dream of surgical systems resilient to external shocks.

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Exploring the Impact of COVID‐19 on Progress Towards Achieving Global Surgery Goals

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“… 2 The use of social media has been rising globally, and thus, social media may allow for a holistic view of how topics affect the world, although conversations continue to be dominated by higher-income countries. 3 Moreover, the ability to identify trends in a rapid fashion and how they change over time further corroborates the use of social media analyses within the medical community. While data have been published in survey form on the basis of an evaluation of the impact to cancer surgery from the perspective of surgical oncologists, there is a need to evaluate the impact on and perspectives of the wider surgical cancer community.…”

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Social Media Perceptions of Surgical Cancer Care in the Era of COVID-19: A Global Cross-Sectional Study

Keil

Navarro

Shaikh

et al. 2020

JCO Global Oncology

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PURPOSE The rapid dissemination of information through social media renders a profound lens to evaluate perceptions of emerging topics, especially in the context of a global pandemic. The primary objective of this cross-sectional study was to elucidate trends on social media in the setting of surgical cancer care affected by the COVID-19 pandemic across the globe. METHODS A public search of Twitter from April 1 to 30, 2020, was conducted, which yielded 996 posts related to COVID-19 and cancer. Two authors (E.J.K. and H.S.) individually reviewed all posts and recorded the post category, engagement, author category, and geographic location. Data were then analyzed through descriptive analyses. Only English-language posts were included, and any noncancer- or non-COVID–related posts were excluded from the analysis. RESULTS A total of 734 unique authors from 26 different countries wrote 996 relevant posts that averaged 12.0 likes, 4.7 retweets, and 0.5 hashtags per post. Only 2.3% (23 of 996) of posts included a video. Authors of the included tweets most frequently were friends and families of patients (183; 18.4%), academic institutions or organizations (182; 18.3%), and physicians (138; 13.9%). Topics of importance were cancellations of surgeries (299; 40.1%), COVID-19 education (211; 121.2%), and research studies (93; 9.3%). The United Kingdom and the United States made up 81.5% of the cohort, followed by Canada (6.6%) and India (2.4%). Of posts where a specific type of surgery was identified (196), the most common type mentioned was breast cancer (50; 25.5%), followed by lung cancer (37; 18.9%) and urologic cancer (22; 11.2%). CONCLUSION This analysis provides insight into the resulting impacts of COVID-19 on the global discussion of surgical cancer care.

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“…Historically, there has been a long-standing low uptake of collaborative research by institutions and individuals in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), especially in Africa, leading to siloed single-centre research [ 6 , 8 ]. Additionally, LMICs have diminished research investment and capacity leading to lower volumes of first or second authorship appearances in global surgery publications compared to high-income countries (HICs) [ 9 ]. Over 80% of the world’s population resides in LMICs, and these countries bear most of the global disease burden [ 10 ].…”

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Catalysing global surgery: a meta-research study on factors affecting surgical research collaborations with Africa

Kirengo,

Dossajee,

Onyango

et al. 2024

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Introduction In December 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the urgent need for rapid collaboration, research, and interventions. International research collaborations foster more significant responses to rapid global changes by enabling international, multicentre research, decreasing biases, and increasing study validity while reducing overall research time and costs. However, there has been low uptake of collaborative research by African institutions and individuals. Aim To systematically review facilitating factors and challenges to collaborative surgical research studies conducted in Africa. Methodology A meta-research review using PubMed®/MEDLINE and Embase on surgical collaboration in Africa from 1st of January 2011 to 31st of September 2021 in accordance to PRISMA guidelines. Surgical studies by collaborative groups involving African authors and sites were included (55 papers). Data on the study period, geographical regions, and research scope, facilitating factors, and challenges were extracted from the studies retrieved from the search. Results Most of the collaborations in Africa occurred with European institutions (76%). Of the 54 African countries, 63% (34/54) participated in surgical collaborations. The highest collaboration frequency occurred in South Africa (11%) and Nigeria (8%). However, most publications originated from Eastern Africa (43%). Leveraging synergies between high- and low- to middle-income countries (LMICs), well-defined structures, and secure data platforms facilitated collaboration. However, the underrepresentation of collaborators from LMICs was a significant challenge. Conclusion Available literature provides critical insights into the facilitating factors and challenges of research collaboration with Africa. However, there is a need for a detailed prospective study to explore the themes highlighted further. Systematic review registration PROSPERO 2022 CRD42022352115.

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Identifying New Frontiers for Social Media Engagement in Global Surgery: An Observational Study

Cited by 12 publications

References 34 publications

Exploring the Impact of COVID‐19 on Progress Towards Achieving Global Surgery Goals

Exploring the Impact of COVID‐19 on Progress Towards Achieving Global Surgery Goals

Social Media Perceptions of Surgical Cancer Care in the Era of COVID-19: A Global Cross-Sectional Study

Catalysing global surgery: a meta-research study on factors affecting surgical research collaborations with Africa

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