Infodemiology and Infoveillance: Framework for an Emerging Set of Public Health Informatics Methods to Analyze Search, Communication and Publication Behavior on the Internet

Infodemiology can be defined as the science of distribution and determinants of information in an electronic medium, specifically the Internet, or in a population, with the ultimate aim to inform public health and public policy. Infodemiology data can be collected and analyzed in near real time. Exa...

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Published in:	Journal of medical Internet research Vol. 11; no. 1; p. e11
Main Author:	Eysenbach, Gunther
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Canada Gunther Eysenbach MD MPH, Associate Professor 27.03.2009 Gunther Eysenbach JMIR Publications
Subjects:	Behavior Blogs Campaigns Cancer Communication Communications Media Computer mediated communication Concept Formation Consumer health information Consumers Demand Diffusion Epidemics Epidemiology False information Health Health behavior Health disparities Health informatics Health information Health surveillance Humans Immunization Influenza Influenza, Human - epidemiology Information Information dissemination Information seeking behavior Information Storage and Retrieval - methods Internet Marketing Mass media Medical informatics Medical Informatics - methods Medical personnel Navigation News Newsgroups Online information retrieval Periodicals as Topic Population Population policy Public health Public Health Informatics - methods Public policy Publishing - trends Quality control Search engines Social media Statistical methods Supply & demand Surveillance Telecommunications Tracking Translation Trends United States - epidemiology Websites United States
ISSN:	1438-8871, 1438-8871
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