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A systematic review of the use and effectiveness of social media in child health

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Pediatrics, June 2014
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  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (95th percentile)
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Title
A systematic review of the use and effectiveness of social media in child health
Published in
BMC Pediatrics, June 2014
DOI 10.1186/1471-2431-14-138
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Authors

Michele P Hamm, Jocelyn Shulhan, Gillian Williams, Andrea Milne, Shannon D Scott, Lisa Hartling

Abstract

Social media use is highly prevalent among children, youth, and their caregivers, and its use in healthcare is being explored. The objective of this study was to conduct a systematic review to determine: 1) for what purposes social media is being used in child health and its effectiveness; and 2) the attributes of social media tools that may explain how they are or are not effective.

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Mendeley readers

Mendeley readers

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Canada 5 1%
France 2 <1%
Brazil 2 <1%
United Kingdom 2 <1%
Netherlands 1 <1%
Colombia 1 <1%
Portugal 1 <1%
New Zealand 1 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 376 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 58 15%
Student > Master 58 15%
Researcher 46 12%
Student > Bachelor 42 11%
Student > Postgraduate 21 5%
Other 82 21%
Unknown 85 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 80 20%
Nursing and Health Professions 52 13%
Social Sciences 38 10%
Psychology 34 9%
Computer Science 25 6%
Other 54 14%
Unknown 109 28%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 36. 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 23 November 2015.
All research outputs
#1,008,533
of 23,770,218 outputs
Outputs from BMC Pediatrics
#85
of 3,152 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#10,263
of 228,642 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Pediatrics
#4
of 56 outputs
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