Published on in Vol 18, No 8 (2016): August

Mechanisms of Communicating Health Information Through Facebook: Implications for Consumer Health Information Technology Design

Mechanisms of Communicating Health Information Through Facebook: Implications for Consumer Health Information Technology Design

Mechanisms of Communicating Health Information Through Facebook: Implications for Consumer Health Information Technology Design

Hannah K Menefee   1 , MPH ;   Morgan J Thompson   2 , BA ;   Thomas M Guterbock   3 , PhD ;   Ishan C Williams   4 , PhD ;   Rupa S Valdez   5 , PhD

1 Department of Population Health Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States

2 Department of Psychology, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, United States

3 Department of Public Health Sciences; Center for Survey Research; Department of Sociology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States

4 School of Nursing, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States

5 Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Rupa S Valdez, PhD
  • Department of Public Health Sciences
  • University of Virginia
  • Charlottesville, VA
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 4349822510
  • Fax: 1 43432433418
  • Email: rsv9d@virginia.edu