Risks and opportunities to ensure equity in the application of big data research in public health

P Wesson, Y Hswen, G Valdes… - Annual review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The big data revolution presents an exciting frontier to expand public health research,
broadening the scope of research and increasing the precision of answers. Despite these …

Association of “# covid19” versus “# chinesevirus” with anti-Asian sentiments on Twitter: March 9–23, 2020

Y Hswen, X Xu, A Hing, JB Hawkins… - … Journal of Public …, 2021 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. To examine the extent to which the phrases,“COVID-19” and “Chinese virus”
were associated with anti-Asian sentiments. Methods. Data were collected from Twitter's …

[HTML][HTML] Methods to establish race or ethnicity of Twitter users: sco** review

S Golder, R Stevens, K O'Connor, R James… - Journal of medical …, 2022 - jmir.org
Background A growing amount of health research uses social media data. Those critical of
social media research often cite that it may be unrepresentative of the population; however …

Racism during pregnancy and birthing: experiences from Asian and Pacific Islander, Black, Latina, and Middle Eastern women

TT Nguyen, S Criss, M Kim, MM De La Cruz… - Journal of racial and …, 2023 - Springer
Background Despite persistent racial disparities in maternal health in the USA, there is
limited qualitative research on women's experiences of discrimination during pregnancy and …

[HTML][HTML] Twitter discussions on# digitaldementia: content and sentiment analysis

H Cho, KM Kim, JY Kim, BY Youn - Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2024 - jmir.org
Background Digital dementia is a term that describes a possible decline in cognitive
abilities, especially memory, attributed to the excessive use of digital technology such as …

People with early-onset colorectal cancer describe primary care barriers to timely diagnosis: a mixed-methods study of web-based patient reports in the United …

K Lamprell, DF Pulido, G Arnolda, BNG Easpaig… - BMC Primary …, 2023 - Springer
Background People with early-onset colorectal cancer, under the age of 50, are more likely
to experience diagnostic delay and to be diagnosed at later stages of the disease than older …

Quantifying polarization across political groups on key policy issues using sentiment analysis

D Bor, BS Lee, EJ Oughton - arxiv preprint arxiv:2302.07775, 2023 - arxiv.org
There is growing concern that over the past decade, industrialized democratic nations are
becoming increasingly politically polarized. Indeed, elections in the US, UK, France, and …

Evaluation of regional variation in racial and ethnic differences in patient experience among Veterans Health Administration primary care users

EM Shannon, KT Jones, E Moy… - Health Services …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To evaluate racial and ethnic differences in patient experience among VA primary
care users at the Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) level. Data Source and Study …

[HTML][HTML] Investigating racial disparities in cancer crowdfunding: a comprehensive study of medical GoFundMe campaigns

X Zhang, J Wang, JM Lane, X Xu… - Journal of Medical Internet …, 2023 - jmir.org
Background In recent years, there has been growing concern about prejudice in
crowdfunding; however, empirical research remains limited, particularly in the context of …

[HTML][HTML] The federal menu labeling law and twitter discussions about calories in the United States: an interrupted time-series analysis

Y Hswen, AJ Moran, S Prasad, A Li, D Simon… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Public awareness of calories in food sold in retail establishments is a primary objective of
the menu labeling law. This study explores the extent to which we can use social media and …