Is YouTube an accurate and reliable source of yellow fever information during outbreaks?

Travel Med Infect Dis. 2017 Jul-Aug:18:73-74. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2017.07.007. Epub 2017 Jul 14.

Authors

Yeimer Ortiz-Martínez¹, Fernando González-Ferreira², Leonel Vega-Useche³, Mauro Álvarez-Ricardo⁴

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sucre, Sincelejo, Colombia. Electronic address: yeimer10@hotmail.com.
² Faculty of Health Sciences, Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic University C.G.U, Villarica, Paraguay.
³ Faculty of Health Sciences, Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia, Tunja, Colombia.
⁴ Faculty of Health Sciences, North University, Barranquilla, Colombia.

PMID: 28712658
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2017.07.007

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Consumer Health Information / standards*
Consumer Health Information / statistics & numerical data
Disease Outbreaks*
Health Education / methods*
Health Education / standards
Humans
Information Dissemination / methods*
Internet*
Social Media / standards
Social Media / statistics & numerical data
Video Recording / standards*
Video Recording / statistics & numerical data
Yellow Fever / epidemiology*
Yellow Fever / prevention & control