Facebook HPV vaccine campaign: insights from Brazil

The vaccination coverage rate has fallen in recent years in Brazil. Although Brazil is a country influenced by social networking and analysis of social media generated content has emerged as an important area of research, this is the first study to investigate how the HPV vaccine is portrayed on the...

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Main Authors: Cássia Rita Pereira da Veiga, Elder Semprebon, Jacqueline Laurindo da Silva, Vinicius Lins Ferreira, Claudimar Pereira da Veiga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020-08-01
Series:Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2019.1698244
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author Cássia Rita Pereira da Veiga
Elder Semprebon
Jacqueline Laurindo da Silva
Vinicius Lins Ferreira
Claudimar Pereira da Veiga
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description The vaccination coverage rate has fallen in recent years in Brazil. Although Brazil is a country influenced by social networking and analysis of social media generated content has emerged as an important area of research, this is the first study to investigate how the HPV vaccine is portrayed on the Facebook page of the Ministry of Health and to interpret the user-generated content. Our work evaluated the posts published by the Ministry of Health as well as posted comments, shares and reactions of the population related to the HPV vaccination campaign on the specific Facebook page between January and July 2018.The data were analyzed in three stages: (i) overview of published posts; (ii) analysis of posted comments; and (iii) sub-group analysis of posted comments. This study makes important contributions from the point of view of using social media as a public health communication tool.
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spelling doaj.art-89393c0d367a4fb496fcfa089e23ae312023-09-22T08:45:34ZengTaylor & Francis GroupHuman Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics2164-55152164-554X2020-08-011681824183410.1080/21645515.2019.16982441698244Facebook HPV vaccine campaign: insights from BrazilCássia Rita Pereira da Veiga0Elder Semprebon1Jacqueline Laurindo da Silva2Vinicius Lins Ferreira3Claudimar Pereira da Veiga4Federal University of Paraná (UFPR)Federal University of Paraná (UFPR)Federal University of Paraná (UFPR)Federal University of Paraná (UFPR)Federal University of Paraná (UFPR)The vaccination coverage rate has fallen in recent years in Brazil. Although Brazil is a country influenced by social networking and analysis of social media generated content has emerged as an important area of research, this is the first study to investigate how the HPV vaccine is portrayed on the Facebook page of the Ministry of Health and to interpret the user-generated content. Our work evaluated the posts published by the Ministry of Health as well as posted comments, shares and reactions of the population related to the HPV vaccination campaign on the specific Facebook page between January and July 2018.The data were analyzed in three stages: (i) overview of published posts; (ii) analysis of posted comments; and (iii) sub-group analysis of posted comments. This study makes important contributions from the point of view of using social media as a public health communication tool.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2019.1698244behaviorhpv vaccinesocial mediafacebookhealth communicationbrazilian ministry of health
spellingShingle Cássia Rita Pereira da Veiga
Elder Semprebon
Jacqueline Laurindo da Silva
Vinicius Lins Ferreira
Claudimar Pereira da Veiga
Facebook HPV vaccine campaign: insights from Brazil
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
behavior
hpv vaccine
social media
facebook
health communication
brazilian ministry of health
title Facebook HPV vaccine campaign: insights from Brazil
title_full Facebook HPV vaccine campaign: insights from Brazil
title_fullStr Facebook HPV vaccine campaign: insights from Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Facebook HPV vaccine campaign: insights from Brazil
title_short Facebook HPV vaccine campaign: insights from Brazil
title_sort facebook hpv vaccine campaign insights from brazil
topic behavior
hpv vaccine
social media
facebook
health communication
brazilian ministry of health
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2019.1698244
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