Social media for health promotion: What messages are women receiving about cardiovascular disease risk by the Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation?

Gonsalves, Christine A.; McGannon, Kerry R.; Schinke, Robert J.

doi:10.1177/1359105317743802

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“…First, most studies did not provide detailed descriptions of their methods [39,40]. In particular, description of data extraction methods was frequently missing [7,11,13,23,25,27-31,33,34,37]. Furthermore, there are few existing resources that offer guidance for researchers seeking to use Facebook for health-related topics.…”

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Using Facebook for Qualitative Research: A Brief Primer

Franz¹,

Marsh²,

Chen³

et al. 2019

J Med Internet Res

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As Facebook continues to grow its number of active users, the potential to harness data generated by Facebook users also grows. As much of Facebook users’ activity consists of creating (and commenting on) written posts, the potential use of text data for research is enormous. However, conducting a content analysis of text from Facebook users requires adaptation of research methods used for more traditional sources of qualitative data. Furthermore, best practice guidelines to assist researchers interested in conducting qualitative studies using data derived from Facebook are lacking. The purpose of this primer was to identify opportunities, as well as potential pitfalls, of conducting qualitative research with Facebook users and their activity on Facebook and provide potential options to address each of these issues. We begin with an overview of information obtained from a literature review of 23 studies published between 2011 and 2018 and our own research experience to summarize current approaches to conducting qualitative health research using data obtained from Facebook users. We then identify potential strategies to address limitations related to current approaches and propose 5 key considerations for the collection, organization, and analysis of text data from Facebook. Finally, we consider ethical issues around the use and protection of Facebook data obtained from research participants. In this primer, we have identified several key considerations that should aid health researchers in the planning and execution of qualitative studies involving content analysis of text data from Facebook users.

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Section: Gaps In Current Qualitative Approachesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Using Facebook for Qualitative Research: A Brief Primer

Franz¹,

Marsh²,

Chen³

et al. 2019

J Med Internet Res

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“…Within the discourse of healthism, expert gatekeeper fighters were positioned as role models for how to perform healthy behaviors (due to social status), while receiving scientific, medical, and humanitarian accolades for professional accomplishments. Seeking medical services of these WHA medical experts was systematically positioned against medical professionals not affiliated or endorsed by the WHA to support the “Fight the Ladykiller TM ” campaign and enlisting a pool of potential donors by linking messages to the online donor portal (Gonsalves et al, 2017a). These meanings and focus on medical consumerism within healthism limited risk-reducing behaviors to women with social and financial means and promoted dependence on medical gatekeepers (McGannon et al, 2016).…”

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Constructing women’s heart health and risk: A critical discourse analysis of cardiovascular disease portrayals on Facebook by a US non-profit organization

Gonsalves

McGannon

2018

J Health Psychol

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Women's cardiovascular disease portrayals were explored on Facebook by the US non-profit organization Women's Heart Alliance and public users in February 2017. Portrayals were explored using critical discourse analysis which also identified subject positions. Women's cardiovascular disease was constructed within two central discourses: achieving health equity and healthism, with the following subject positions: altruistic fighters, health activists, and compliant patients and consumers. These findings affirmed and resisted problematic forms of cardiovascular disease risk reduction. Recommendations are made using discursive resources and subject positions within social media forms as concrete entry points of resistance and change to raise women's cardiovascular disease awareness.

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“…94,95 Gonsalves et al report that women of low SES were excluded from the construction of social media public health messaging on CVD risk by a national campaign on women's heart health in Canada. 96,97…”

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The Canadian Women’s Heart Health Alliance ATLAS on the Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Management of Cardiovascular Disease in Women—Chapter 2: Scope of the Problem

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Background: This Atlas chapter summarizes the epidemiology of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in women in Canada, discusses sex and gender disparities, and examines the intersectionality between sex and other factors that play a prominent role in CVD outcomes in women, including gender, indigenous identity, ethnic variation, disability, and socioeconomic status. R ESUM EContexte : Ce chapitre de l'Atlas condense l' epid emiologie des maladies cardiovasculaires (MCV) chez les femmes au Canada, aborde les disparit es entre les sexes et les genres, et examine l'interrelation entre le sexe et d'autres facteurs qui jouent un rôle important dans l' emergence des MCV chez les femmes, notamment le genre, l'identit eCardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of premature death in women in Canada. 1 Beyond sex-unique CVD risk factors in women, several traditional risk factors have a greater morbidity and mortality impact in women compared to men. Rates of CVD vary substantially among provinces and within regions of Canada. This Atlas chapter aims to do the following: summarize the epidemiology of cardiovascular disease in women in Canada; discuss sex and gender disparities; and examine the intersectionality between sex and other disparities that play a prominent role in CVD outcomes in women, including indigenous identity, ethnic variation, disability, and socioeconomic status (SES). Figure 1 summarizes the key concepts presented in this chapter. Demographics Cardiovascular wellness indicators/traditional risk factorsMost Canadian women have at least one risk factor for CVD. 2 Although the burden of CVD has been improving over time, outcomes for women, particularly those aged < 55 years, have stagnated. 3 Women are more likely than men to die in the year following an acute myocardial infarction (MI) and to experience death, heart failure, or stroke within 5 years after acute MI. 4,5 CJC Open 3 (2021) 1e11

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Social media for health promotion: What messages are women receiving about cardiovascular disease risk by the Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation?

Cited by 9 publications

References 31 publications

Using Facebook for Qualitative Research: A Brief Primer

Using Facebook for Qualitative Research: A Brief Primer

Constructing women’s heart health and risk: A critical discourse analysis of cardiovascular disease portrayals on Facebook by a US non-profit organization

The Canadian Women’s Heart Health Alliance ATLAS on the Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Management of Cardiovascular Disease in Women—Chapter 2: Scope of the Problem

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