Media

Cross-Cultural Sense-Making of Global Health Crises: A Text Mining Study of Public Opinions on Social Media Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Developed and Developing Economies

Journal of Medical Internet Research This study examines the evolution of citizen collective sense-making during the COVID-19 pandemic by analyzing social media discourse across Italy, the United Kingdom, and Egypt, representing diverse economic and cultural contexts. Journal Article

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Descriptive Analysis Of TikTok Content On Vaccination In Arabic

AIMS Public Health This study investigates the quality of TikTok videos regarding vaccination in Arabic, with examination of the association of video source and content type with the information quality and video engagement metrics. Journal Article

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High Performance COVID-19 Screening Using Machine Learning

Tunis Med. This study addresses COVID-19 screening challenges through an ML model (MLM) based on gradient boosting method. The study includes several clinical features and the daily geographic prevalence of COVID-19 cases in the MLM. Journal Article

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Prevalence of Long COVID-19 among Home-treated COVID-19 Patients in Baghdad, Iraq 2023

Iraqi Journal of Community Medicine This study seeks to establish base-line data for health policy makers to prevent and control this important public health problem. Journal Article

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Behaviorally Informed Messages Increase COVID-19 Vaccination Intentions

The World Bank In this study, a global research program of 28 online experiments was conducted by recruiting respondents (123,270 individuals) through social media between January 2021 and June 2022 across 23 mostly low- and middle-income countries and territories, including many from the MENA region. Working Paper

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Digital Epidemiology Of High-Frequency Search Listening Trends For The Surveillance Of Subjective Well-Being During COVID-19 Pandemic

Frontiers in Psychology This study examines how changes in government policies during the COVID-19 pandemic influenced public expressions of psychological distress, as reflected in the volume of related online searches in Kuwait. Journal Article

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Telemedicine In War Zones: Prospects, Barriers, And Meeting The Needs Of Special Populations

Frontiers in Medicine This opinion article examines the incomplete utilization of telemedicine, especially in war zones such as some of the Palestinian territories. Journal Article

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Evaluating Post-Pandemic Undergraduate Student Satisfaction with Online Learning in Saudi Arabia: The Significance of Self-Directed Learning

Applied Sciences This study examines student satisfaction with online learning by proposing a model derived from the updated Information System Success Model. The updated model factors include system quality, service quality, and information quality, supplemented by student–student interaction quality and self-directed learning. Journal Article

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The Adoption Of Mobile Health Applications By Physicians During The COVID-19 Pandemic In Developing Countries: The Case Of Saudi Arabia

International Journal of Information Management Data Insights This study examines the factors that influenced Saudi physicians’ acceptance and adoption of health apps during the COVID-19 pandemic, using the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology. Journal Article

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Internet Addiction Among Egyptian Teens During COVID 19 Pandemic

SciBase Critical Care Emergency Medicine This study evaluates the problem of internet addiction and increasing use of smartphone among teen age Egyptian youth during COVID-19 pandemic. Journal Article

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