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| Title |
Using Twitter for breast cancer prevention: an analysis of breast cancer awareness month
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Cancer, October 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2407-13-508 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Rosemary Thackeray, Scott H Burton, Christophe Giraud-Carrier, Stephen Rollins, Catherine R Draper |
| Abstract |
One in eight women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime. The best-known awareness event is breast cancer awareness month (BCAM). BCAM month outreach efforts have been associated with increased media coverage, screening mammography and online information searching. Traditional mass media coverage has been enhanced by social media. However, there is a dearth of literature about how social media is used during awareness-related events. The purpose of this research was to understand how Twitter is being used during BCAM. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 27 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 26% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 19% |
| Belgium | 1 | 4% |
| Spain | 1 | 4% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 4% |
| Colombia | 1 | 4% |
| Hungary | 1 | 4% |
| Italy | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 9 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 19 | 70% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 5 | 19% |
| Scientists | 2 | 7% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 4% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 232 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1% |
| Malaysia | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Ghana | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 224 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 40 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 37 | 16% |
| Researcher | 29 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 22 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 20 | 9% |
| Other | 52 | 22% |
| Unknown | 32 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 51 | 22% |
| Social Sciences | 32 | 14% |
| Computer Science | 29 | 13% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 22 | 9% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 12 | 5% |
| Other | 42 | 18% |
| Unknown | 44 | 19% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 46. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 April 2020.
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