Social media-based civic engagement solutions for dengue prevention in Sri Lanka : results of receptivity assessment

• Main Authors: Lwin, May O., Vijaykumar, Santosh, Foo, Schubert, Fernando, Owen Noel Newton, Lim, Gentatsu, Panchapakesan, Chitra, Wimalaratne, Prasad
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Social Media; Dengue; DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/87332; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/48275
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This article focuses on a novel social media-based system that addresses dengue prevention through an integration of three components: predictive surveillance, civic engagement and health education. The aim was to conduct a potential receptivity assessment of this system among smartphone users in th...