Table 7. Characteristics of 5 “other” topic studies addressing research question 1 a .
| Author (et al.) | Social Media Type | Location | Sample Population | Study Type | Population/Disease Studied | Time Period | Intervention/Exploratory |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Krieck [ 37 ] | Europe (Germany) | Twitter data | Retrospective | Fever, swine flu & H1NI-related | Sep 2010 –Feb 2011 | Exploratory | |
| Paul [ 30 ] | North America | 2 billion tweets | Not specified | Not specified | 2010 | Exploratory | |
| Paul [ 29 ] | North America | 2 billion tweets | Not specified | Not specified | 2010 | Explanatory | |
| Sofean [ 36 ] | Europe | Twitter data | Algorithm development | Twitter data | Not specified | Exploratory | |
| Yang [ 42 ] | Weblogs, microblogs, wikis, etc. | Asia | Weblogs, microblogs, wikis, etc. | Case study | Chinese social media data | Not specified | Not specified |
aQ1: Can social media be integrated into disease surveillance practice and outbreak detection management to support and improve public health and outbreak management?