Published on in Vol 2, No 1 (2016): Jan-Jun

Leveraging Social Media to Promote Public Health Knowledge: Example of Cancer Awareness via Twitter

Leveraging Social Media to Promote Public Health Knowledge: Example of Cancer Awareness via Twitter

Leveraging Social Media to Promote Public Health Knowledge: Example of Cancer Awareness via Twitter

Songhua Xu   1 * , DEng,PhD ;   Christopher Markson   1 * , MSIS ;   Kaitlin L Costello   2 , MSLIS, PhD ;   Cathleen Y Xing   3 , MPH ;   Kitaw Demissie   4 , MD, PhD ;   Adana AM Llanos   4 , PhD, MPH

1 College of Computing Sciences, Department of Information Systems, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, United States

2 Rutgers School of Communication and Information, Department of Library and Information Science, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

3 School of Public Health, Epidemiology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, United States

4 School of Public Health and Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Epidemiology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, United States

*these authors contributed equally

Corresponding Author:

  • Adana AM Llanos, PhD, MPH
  • School of Public Health and Cancer Institute of New Jersey
  • Epidemiology
  • Rutgers University
  • 683 Hoes Lane West, Room 211
  • Piscataway, NJ, 08854
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 7322354017
  • Fax: 1 7322355418
  • Email: Adana.Llanos@rutgers.edu