Τίτλος:
Social media in health care: Exploring its use by health-care professionals in Greece
Γλώσσες Τεκμηρίου:
Αγγλικά
Περίληψη:
The lockdown restrictions that have emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic have reshaped the way people live, work, and interact with each other. At the same time, it changed the way health-care professionals and national health-care systems around the world are fighting in this battle for public health. Social media (SoMe) have played their informational role in this fight with almost one-third of the world’s population being active users of social media platforms. Contemporary health-care systems have tried to find ways to engage more actively with SoMe as Internet users are increasingly searching for health information on social media platforms. As a result, new demand-side levers arise in the health-care sector along with new opportunities and risks for the stakeholders. Our study looked into the responses of 173 health-care professionals in Greece. SoMe are here to stay and the majority of health-care professionals embrace them in their professional lives. Quality in health information and the work context of Greek health-care professionals in our cohort contribute to attitudes and perceptions of social media use in health care. © 2021 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Συγγραφείς:
Katsas, I.
Apostolakis, I.
Varlamis, I.
Περιοδικό:
Informatics for Health and Social Care
Εκδότης:
Taylor and Francis Ltd.
Λέξεις-κλειδιά:
article; attitude; Greece; health care cost; health care system; human; Internet; medical information; occupation; perception; social media; communicable disease control; Greece; health care delivery; pandemic, Communicable Disease Control; COVID-19; Delivery of Health Care; Greece; Humans; Pandemics; SARS-CoV-2; Social Media
DOI:
10.1080/17538157.2021.1906256
