Considerations for Health Researchers Using Social Media for Knowledge Translation: Multiple Case Study

Sarah A Elliott   ^{1, 2, 3} , PhD ;   Michele P Dyson   ¹ , PhD ;   Gilbert V Wilkes   ⁴ , PhD ;   Gabrielle L Zimmermann   ^{2, 5} , PhD ;   Christine T Chambers   ^{6, 7} , PhD ;   Kristy DM Wittmeier   ^{8, 9} , PhD ;   Dianne J Russell   ¹⁰ , PhD ;   Shannon D Scott   ¹¹ , PhD ;   Denise Thomson   ^{2, 3} , MA ;   Lisa Hartling   ^{1, 2, 3} , PhD

¹ Alberta Research Center for Health Evidence, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

² Alberta SPOR SUPPORT Unit, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

³ Cochrane Child Health, Edmonton, AB, Canada

⁴ School of Communication Studies, Mount Royal University, Calgary, AB, Canada

⁵ Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

⁶ Departments of Psychology & Neuroscience and Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

⁷ Centre for Pediatrics Pain Research, IWK Health Centre, Hallifax, NS, Canada

⁸ Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

⁹ Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

¹⁰ CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

¹¹ Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada