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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
The willingness of medical students to use facebook as a training channel for professional habits: The case of influenza vaccination
Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, Volume 15, No. 6, Year 2012
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Description
The low acceptance of influenza vaccination by both medical students and healthcare workers (HCWs) signals the need for innovative strategies. We administered an anonymous questionnaire to 410 University of Barcelona medical students who were asked about using the Internet to find information on influenza vaccination of HCWs and about their willingness to use technical and informal Facebook pages as an information channel on this topic. Of the 410 participants, 74.1 percent were female and 58.3 percent were in the first preclinical 3-year university cycle. A total of 7.6 percent participants reported using the Internet for queries on influenza vaccination, 89.8 percent reported that they were Facebook users, and 275 (67.1 percent) would accept an invitation from the technical or informal Facebook pages. The technical Web site would be actively followed by 77, or by 30.0 percent of those who would accept the invitation and the informal site by 116 (43.6 percent of those who would accept). The marked willingness to use Facebook to obtain information on the influenza vaccination of HCWs potentially opens a new window in health education: social networks could be used to help create professional habits. Students would be more likely to engage with this type of Facebook page if the contents were informal rather than highly technical. © 2012, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
Authors & Co-Authors
Mena, Guillermo
Spain, Barcelona
Hospital Clinic Barcelona
Llupià, Anna
Spain, Barcelona
Hospital Clinic Barcelona
García-Basteiro, Alberto L.
Spain, Barcelona
Hospital Clinic Barcelona
Aldea, Marta
Spain, Barcelona
Hospital Clinic Barcelona
Sequera, Víctor Guillermo
Spain, Barcelona
Hospital Clinic Barcelona
Trilla, A.
Spain, Barcelona
Hospital Clinic Barcelona
Statistics
Citations: 28
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 1
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1089/cyber.2011.0457
ISSN:
21522723
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Participants Gender
Female