1
|
Gilmore D, Radford D, Haas MK, Shields M, Bishop L, Hand B. Building Community and Identity Online: A Content Analysis of Highly Viewed #Autism TikTok Videos. AUTISM IN ADULTHOOD 2024; 6:95-105. [PMID: 38435322 PMCID: PMC10902280 DOI: 10.1089/aut.2023.0019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/05/2024]
Abstract
Background TikTok is a popular social media site for connecting with others online where many users also access and share health-related information. Previous studies have characterized information shared about specific disabilities on TikTok, but descriptions of autism-related content are lacking. Understanding the information shared about autism on TikTok is important to understanding health communication in this space, the lived experiences of autistic people, and the role that social media platforms play in building community through connection, understanding, and inclusion. Methods We used an open-source data scraper to identify and download videos with at least 1 million views and that used the hashtag #autism from TikTok. Using a joint inductive and deductive approach, we performed a content analysis of videos. We identified six content topics that described video content (e.g., positive social interactions and features of autism), and three categories that described video purpose (e.g., educational, experiential, and observational). We used descriptive statistics to describe characteristics of who was in the TikTok videos. Results We analyzed n = 678 videos. The most common content topic of TikTok videos was features of autism (39.7%), followed by marginalization (25.4%). Most videos were categorized as experiential (61.4%) or observational (31.4%) rather than educational (7.2%). Approximately 65.5% of videos featured an autistic adult and 22.6% featured an autistic child. Among videos featuring an autistic person (n = 594), most autistic people were perceived to be White (87.0%) with similar numbers of feminine (52.9%) and masculine (44.8%) presenting autistic people. Conclusions Highly viewed #autism TikTok videos primarily share autistic people's individual experiences rather than providing general education about autism. However, autistic Black, Indigenous, and people of color may have difficulty finding others that represent them along both disability and racial dimensions. Future research should investigate autistic people's motivations for using TikTok, and how #autism content shapes social discourse about autism.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Daniel Gilmore
- School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
| | - Deondray Radford
- School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
| | - Meghan K. Haas
- Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
| | - Morgan Shields
- Washington University in St. Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA
| | - Lauren Bishop
- Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
| | - Brittany Hand
- School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
| |
Collapse
|
2
|
van der Graaf P, Burrows A, Park H, Sowden S. Developing an online knowledge sharing platform and community of practice for health professionals: Experiences from C-WorKS developed in North East England and Yorkshire during COVID-19. Health Info Libr J 2024. [PMID: 38303128 DOI: 10.1111/hir.12519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2023] [Revised: 09/19/2023] [Accepted: 01/03/2024] [Indexed: 02/03/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Although knowledge sharing online has been recognised as an important strategy for health professionals to apply research findings to their practice, limited research exists on how to develop and implement these platforms to help facilitate collaboration and knowledge sharing. OBJECTIVES This study evaluated an online knowledge sharing platform and community of practice developed in the North East of England and Yorkshire during COVID-19 to support UK health and care professionals to reduce the impact of the wider consequences of COVID-19. METHODS Semi-structured interviews with stakeholders (n = 8) and users of C-WorKS (n = 13), followed by an online survey (n = 19) among a wider group of users to analyse knowledge use. RESULTS Interview and survey findings highlighted several strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to support future development of online knowledge sharing platforms. DISCUSSION Online knowledge sharing supports six 'pillars' of successful research and innovation partnerships. This requires distributed forms of leadership and linking of different knowledge sharing strategies, and careful combination of platforms with communities of practice. CONCLUSION Online knowledge sharing provides pragmatic and timely strategies for health professionals in the UK to apply research evidence to their practice. Our study provides generalisable, practical insights in how to develop and implement a knowledge sharing platform.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Peter van der Graaf
- Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Department of Nursing Midwifery and Health, Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
| | - Andrea Burrows
- School of Health and Life Sciences, Department of Allied Health Professionals, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK
| | - Helen Park
- Public Health England North East and Yorkshire, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
| | - Sarah Sowden
- Office of Health Inequalities and Disparities (OHID)/ Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
| |
Collapse
|
3
|
Matin M, Joshi T, Greger M, Bin Matin F, Jóźwik A, Wierzbicka A, Horbańczuk JO, Willschke H, Atanasov AG. Use of #NutritionFacts to promote evidence-based nutrition information: X (formerly Twitter) hashtag analysis study. Front Public Health 2023; 11:1255706. [PMID: 38131024 PMCID: PMC10734685 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1255706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
Abstract
Nutrition is a key determinant of health, and the dissemination of reliable nutrition information to consumers is of great importance for public health. Especially with the rise of digital communication technologies and the wide-spread online misinformation, the provision of qualitative science-based information related to diet is of great importance. The NutritionFacts.org has been established as a prominent online source of evidence-based nutrition information. In this work we aimed to investigate the use of the associated hashtag #NutritionFacts on X (formerly Twitter) over a 5 years period, from 10th of April 2018 to 10th of April 2023. The conducted analysis with the use of Symplur Signals revealed that 18,998 tweets mentioning #NutritionFacts were posted by 6,136 X users, generating a total of 50,348,223 impressions (views). Both institutional and individual accounts were broadly participating in the dissemination of #NutritionFacts tweets, and the user location profiling indicated wide international engagement with the hashtag. This work indicates that #NutritionFacts has been established as an important hashtag utilized on X for the dissemination of evidence-based information related to nutrition.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Maima Matin
- Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Magdalenka, Poland
| | - Tanuj Joshi
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumaun University, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India
| | | | | | - Artur Jóźwik
- Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Magdalenka, Poland
| | - Agnieszka Wierzbicka
- Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Magdalenka, Poland
- Department of Technique and Food Product Development, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (WULS-SGGW), Warsaw, Poland
| | - Jarosław Olav Horbańczuk
- Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Magdalenka, Poland
| | - Harald Willschke
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute Digital Health and Patient Safety, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Medicine, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
| | - Atanas G. Atanasov
- Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Magdalenka, Poland
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute Digital Health and Patient Safety, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
| |
Collapse
|
4
|
Noar AP, Jeffery HE, Subbiah Ponniah H, Jaffer U. The aims and effectiveness of communities of practice in healthcare: A systematic review. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0292343. [PMID: 37815986 PMCID: PMC10564133 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0292343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 10/12/2023] Open
Abstract
Communities of practice (CoPs) are defined as "groups of people who share a concern, a set of problems, or a passion about a topic, and who deepen their knowledge and expertise by interacting on an ongoing basis". They are an effective form of knowledge management that have been successfully used in the business sector and increasingly so in healthcare. In May 2023 the electronic databases MEDLINE and EMBASE were systematically searched for primary research studies on CoPs published between 1st January 1950 and 31st December 2022. PRISMA guidelines were followed. The following search terms were used: community/communities of practice AND (healthcare OR medicine OR patient/s). The database search picked up 2009 studies for screening. Of these, 50 papers met the inclusion criteria. The most common aim of CoPs was to directly improve a clinical outcome, with 19 studies aiming to achieve this. In terms of outcomes, qualitative outcomes were the most common measure used in 21 studies. Only 11 of the studies with a quantitative element had the appropriate statistical methodology to report significance. Of the 9 studies that showed a statistically significant effect, 5 showed improvements in hospital-based provision of services such as discharge planning or rehabilitation services. 2 of the studies showed improvements in primary-care, such as management of hepatitis C, and 2 studies showed improvements in direct clinical outcomes, such as central line infections. CoPs in healthcare are aimed at improving clinical outcomes and have been shown to be effective. There is still progress to be made and a need for further studies with more rigorous methodologies, such as RCTs, to provide further support of the causality of CoPs on outcomes.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Alexander P. Noar
- Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Highgate Mental Health Centre, Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
| | - Hannah E. Jeffery
- Department of General Surgery, East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, Stevenage, United Kingdom
| | - Hariharan Subbiah Ponniah
- Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
| | - Usman Jaffer
- Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Department of Vascular Surgery, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
| |
Collapse
|
5
|
Goldstein J, Martindale JM, Albin C, Xixis K, Gottlieb-Smith R, Otallah S, Lakhotia A, Strauss LD, Bass N, Strowd RE, Rodman A. Be in the Digital Room Where it Happens, Part II: Social Media for Neurology Educators. Child Neurol Open 2023; 10:2329048X231169400. [PMID: 37114070 PMCID: PMC10126786 DOI: 10.1177/2329048x231169400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2022] [Revised: 02/28/2023] [Accepted: 03/27/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Social media has changed the way we communicate and interact. Unsurprisingly, it has also changed how we teach and learn. Younger generations of learners have transitioned from traditional educational sources to digital ones. Medical educators need to adapt to trends in medical education and develop fluency in the digital methods used by medical learners today. This is part two of a two-part series on social media and digital education in neurology. This article provides an overview of how social media can be used as a teaching tool in medical education and provides an overview in which it is grounded. We offer practical strategies on how social media can promote lifelong learning, educator development, educator support, and foster educator identity with accompanying neurology-specific examples. We also review considerations for incorporating social media into teaching and learning practices and future directions for integrating these tools in neurology education.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Jessica Goldstein
- University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Jessica Goldstein MD, Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, 420 Delaware Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455.
| | - Jaclyn M. Martindale
- Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
| | - Catherine Albin
- Emory University, Department of Neurology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
| | - Kathryn Xixis
- University of Virginia, Department of Neurology, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
| | | | - Scott Otallah
- Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
| | - Arpita Lakhotia
- University of Louisville, Department of Neurology, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
| | - Lauren D. Strauss
- Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
| | - Nancy Bass
- Medical College of Wisconsin, Department of Neurology, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
| | - Roy E. Strowd
- Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
| | - Adam Rodman
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of General Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
| |
Collapse
|