Friday, April 18, 2014

Are Public Health Organizations Tweeting to the Choir? Understanding Local Health Department Twitter Followership

Results: Local health department Twitter accounts were followed by more organizations than individual users. Organizations tended to be health-focused, located outside the state from the local health department being followed, and from the education, government, and non-profit sectors. Individuals were likely to be local and not health-focused. Having a public information officer on staff, serving a larger population, and “tweeting” more frequently were associated with having a higher percentage of local followers.

Originally Published in JMIR

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