Exploring Social Media Network Connections to Assist During Public Health Emergency Response: A Retrospective Case-Study of Hurricane Matthew and Twitter Users in Georgia, USA

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Muniz-Rodriguez, Kamalich [1 ,2 ]
Schwind, Jessica S. [1 ]
Yin, Jingjing [1 ]
Liang, Hai [3 ]
Chowell, Gerardo [4 ]
Fung, Isaac Chun-Hai [1 ]
机构
[1] Georgia Southern Univ, Jiann Ping Hsu Coll Publ Hlth, Dept Biostat Epidemiol & Environm Hlth Sci, Statesboro, GA 30458 USA
[2] Ponce Med Sch Fdn, Ponce Res Inst, Ponce, PR 00716 USA
[3] Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Sch Journalism & Commun, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
[4] Georgia State Univ, Dept Populat Hlth Sci, Atlanta, GA USA
关键词
Twitter; social media; content analysis; natural disasters; location; NATURAL DISASTERS;
D O I
10.1017/dmp.2022.285
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R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
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1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
Objective:To assist communities who suffered from hurricane-inflicted damages, emergency responders may monitor social media messages. We present a case-study using the event of Hurricane Matthew to analyze the results of an imputation method for the location of Twitter users who follow school and school districts in Georgia, USA. Methods:Tweets related to Hurricane Matthew were analyzed by content analysis with latent Dirichlet allocation models and sentiment analysis to identify needs and sentiment changes over time. A hurdle regression model was applied to study the association between retweet frequency and content analysis topics. Results:Users residing in counties affected by Hurricane Matthew posted tweets related to preparedness (n = 171; 16%), awareness (n = 407; 38%), call-for-action or help (n = 206; 19%), and evacuations (n = 93; 9%), with mostly a negative sentiment during the preparedness and response phase. Tweets posted in the hurricane path during the preparedness and response phase were less likely to be retweeted than those outside the path (adjusted odds ratio: 0.95; 95% confidence interval: 0.75, 1.19). Conclusions:Social media data can be used to detect and evaluate damages of communities affected by natural disasters and identify users' needs in at-risk areas before the event takes place to aid during the preparedness phases.
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