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A comparative study of smoking cessation intervention programs on social media

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Christopher C. Yang,

Jiexun LiAuthors Info & Claims

SBP'12: Proceedings of the 5th international conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction

Pages 87 - 96

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29047-3_11

Published: 03 April 2012 Publication History

Abstract

As an alternative to traditional face-to-face counseling and support group, social media has become a new venue for health intervention programs. Different online intervention channels have their own characteristics and advantages. This study focuses on comparing two types of online intervention channels, i.e., forum and Facebook page, for smoking cessation using social network analysis techniques. QuitNet is a popular online intervention program for smoking cessation. In this study, we collected data from QuitNet's forum and its Facebook group page and constructed two social networks, respectively. We analyzed and compared these two social networks with a focus on users' quit statuses and communication patterns in the two different channels.

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/978-3-642-39844-5_2

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SBP'12: Proceedings of the 5th international conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction

April 2012

364 pages

ISBN:9783642290466

Editors:
Shanchieh Jay Yang
Department of Computer Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York,
,
Ariel M. Greenberg
Applied Physics Laboratory, Research and Exploratory Development Department, Johns Hopkings University, Laurel, MD,
,
Mica Endsley
Applied Physics Laboratory, Research and Exploratory Development Department, SA Technologies, 3750 Paladian Viillage Drive, Building 600, Marietta, GA,

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NSF: National Science Foundation
US Air Force Office of Scientific Research: US Air Force Office of Scientific Research
National Institutes of Health: National Institutes of Health
Office of Naval Research
University of Maryland: University of Maryland

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Published: 03 April 2012

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Zhang MYang C(2015)Using content and network analysis to understand the social support exchange patterns and user behaviors of an online smoking cessation intervention programJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology10.1002/asi.2318966:3(564-575)Online publication date: 1-Mar-2015
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1002/asi.23189
Zhang MYang C(2013)The effectiveness of smoking cessation intervention on facebookProceedings of the 2013 international conference on Smart Health10.1007/978-3-642-39844-5_2(7-17)Online publication date: 3-Aug-2013
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/978-3-642-39844-5_2

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