Current status of official WeChat accounts for public health education

Sun, Mingwei; Li, Yang; Chen, Wanna; Luo, Hao; Zheng, Kaiqiao; Zhang, Yan; Lian, Tingyu; Yang, Ying; Ni, Jingdong

doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdz163

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“…This concurs with empirical observations that many social media accounts (e.g., Twitter, WeChat, Microblog, etc.) have been used to release real-time epidemic information to the public in the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic ( Roy et al, 2020 ; Sun et al, 2020 ).…”

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How do social media and individual behaviors affect epidemic transmission and control?

Chen

Liu

et al. 2021

Science of The Total Environment

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confidence: 99%

How do social media and individual behaviors affect epidemic transmission and control?

Chen

Liu

et al. 2021

Science of The Total Environment

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“…The number of consultation items has significantly increased over a short period, which may be related to the attitude toward the public's unknown and panic psychology at the early stage of the outbreak [11], which needed to be addressed by medical experts providing professional answers and psychological counseling. Multiple studies [12][13][14][15] have revealed that WeChat consultation services can deliver effective, convenient, and timely help to the general public.…”

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Effect of WeChat consultation group on residents staying at home in Sichuan and Chongqing regions during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in China: a cross-sectional study

Li²,

Lü

et al. 2020

BMC Public Health

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Background After the outbreak of Coronavirus in Wuhan, Hubei, in 2019, the disease rapidly spread to other parts of China as well as outside of China. Since the pandemic outbreak, the general public has been responsive to the national call to stay at home in quarantine. However, since doubts and anxiety related to the disease have been detected in the general public, in this study, we established the WeChat platform “Coronavirus Disease 2019 Voluntary Assistance Group in Sichuan and Chongqing regions” in January 2020, which was committed to providing professional consultation and psychological counseling services for residents in Sichuan and Chongqing during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 outbreak. Our aim was to analyze the consultation practices of residents in the WeChat assistance group and provide a reference for the similar “non-contact” voluntary service platforms aiming to implement consultations during the late pandemic period. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted using the records containing the consultation content from the WeChat assistance groups in Sichuan and Chongqing between January 30 and March 1, 2020. Data on consultation content, changes in a number of consultation items, answers, knowledge on popular science, and expert advice were summarized, and the Pareto chart was used to analyze the primary and secondary factors of consultation content. Results The constituent ratio of “respiratory symptoms, masks, and disinfection” in consultation content ranked as the top three factors. Cumulatively, they occupied 49.77% of the content, thus resulting as the primary factors in the consultation content. The number of consultation items suddenly increased from 10 on the first day to 116 on the 7th day, resulting in a 1060% increased rate. There were 151 consultation factors, among which 130 (86.1%) were related to the Coronavirus Disease 2019, and 21 (13.9%) were unrelated to the Coronavirus Disease 2019. Conclusion WeChat groups may be used as an effective means for providing assistance services for the public during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 outbreak.

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“…One of the WeChat mini-app prototypes was adapted for use in the current study. WeChat (Android and iOS) is a social platform in China with over one billion active users (52) that has been widely used for public health education by Chinese health administrations and private organizations (53). The WeChat app allows developers to build new app programs (i.e.…”

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A community-engaged mHealth intervention to increase uptake of HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in China: Study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial

Xiong

Muessig

et al. 2020

Preprint

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Introduction: Emtricitabine-Tenofovir was officially approved as the first medicine for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in China on August 11, 2020. The large number of key populations who would benefit from PrEP in the context of limited health system capacity and public awareness will pose challenges for timely PrEP scale-up. This suggests an urgent need for innovative and accessible intervention tools for promoting PrEP. Our overall goal is to develop and pilot test a theory-informed, tailored mobile phone intervention to increase engagement in PrEP education and initiation among Chinese gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM). We also aim to generate hypotheses of potential behavioral pathways to PrEP uptake among Chinese GBMSM. Methods and analysis: This two-phase study includes a formative assessment (Phase 1) using in-depth interviews (N=30) and a 12-week experimental pilot study (Phase 2) using a two-arm randomized controlled trial design (N=60). The primary intervention is delivered through a WeChat-based mini-app (a program built into a Chinese multipurpose social media application) developed by young GBMSM from a 2019 crowdsourcing hackathon. This participatory event brought together GBMSM, tech experts, health professionals, and other key stakeholders. This study will further investigate the specific needs and concerns among GBMSM in terms of using PrEP as an HIV prevention strategy, how their concerns and PrEP use behaviors may change with exposure to the mini-app intervention at 8-week and 12-week follow-up, and how we can further refine this intervention tool to better meet GBMSM needs for broader implementation. Ethics and dissemination: This study and its protocols have been reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Boards of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA (IRB#19-3481), the Guangdong Provincial Dermatology Hospital, China (IRB#2020031), and the Guangzhou Eighth People Hospital, China (IRB#202022155). Study staff will work with local GBMSM community-based organizations to disseminate the study results to participants and the community via social media, offline workshops, and journal publication. This research addresses a critical need as GBMSM bear a disproportionate burden of HIV infections and remain underserved in the healthcare system in China. Trial Registration: The study was registered on clinicaltrials.gov (Trial#: NCT04426656) on June 11, 2020. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04426656. Prospectively registered.

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Current status of official WeChat accounts for public health education

Cited by 49 publications

References 9 publications

How do social media and individual behaviors affect epidemic transmission and control?

How do social media and individual behaviors affect epidemic transmission and control?

Effect of WeChat consultation group on residents staying at home in Sichuan and Chongqing regions during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in China: a cross-sectional study

A community-engaged mHealth intervention to increase uptake of HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in China: Study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial

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