
Irfhana Zakir HussainUniversity of Waterloo | UWaterloo · School of Public Health Sciences and Department of Systems Design Engineering
Irfhana Zakir Hussain
Bachelor of Technology
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July 2018 - May 2022
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Background
YouTube is a social media platform associated with large viewership but little research into its role in the propagation of online health misinformation. This study proposes an automated pipeline to facilitate the collection and analysis of health misinformation on YouTube.
Methods
The pipeline relies on Python and the Youtube Data API....
Background
Extreme Heat Events (EHEs) are a growing threat to public health. The increase in the frequency of occurrence of once rarer EHEs and the rise in their average temperatures are dangerously drastic for public health outcomes. Despite this, existing public health surveillance (PHS) systems fail to leverage IoT and AI technologies to facilit...
Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots have the potential to revolutionize online health information-seeking behavior by delivering up-to-date information on a wide range of health topics. They generate personalized responses to user queries through their ability to process extensive amounts of text, analyze trends, and generate natural language res...
Social media discussions about the hypothetical side effects of fluoride-containing products have contributed to forming and strengthening health beliefs underpinning the anti-fluoridation movement. Given the importance of content analysis in mitigating online misinformation, this study aimed to investigate fluoride-free content on Twitter. Firstly...
Background
Health misinformation disseminated on social media detrimentally affects the public's reactions toward public health measures. This has led to costly and harmful public health crises. Due to a lack of a comprehensive expert system that collects and analyzes large volumes of social media data, public health officials are incapable of miti...
Background:
Messages promoting the benefits of amber necklaces for children are common on social media, despite their health risks.
Aim:
This study characterized Facebook posts with false content about the efficacy of amber necklaces in teething.
Design:
A sample of 500 English-language Facebook posts was analyzed by two investigators to deter...
BACKGROUND
Online misinformation concerning the side effects of fluoridated oral care products and tap water contributes to the onset and propagation of untrue beliefs that culminate in anti-fluoridation movements.
OBJECTIVE
This study aimed to analyze the fluoride-related misinformation on Twitter automatically.
METHODS
21,169 tweets published i...
Background:
Although social media has the potential to spread misinformation, it can also be a valuable tool for elucidating the social factors that contribute to the onset of negative beliefs. As a result, data mining has become a widely used technique in infodemiology and infoveillance research to combat misinformation effects. On the other hand...
BACKGROUND
Digital misinformation, primarily on social media, has led to harmful and costly beliefs in the general population. Notably, these beliefs have resulted in public health crises to the detriment of governments around the world and their citizens. However, public health officials currently lack access to a comprehensive system capable of m...
Background:
Digital misinformation, primarily on social media, has led to harmful and costly beliefs in the general population. Notably, these beliefs have resulted in public health crises to the detriment of governments worldwide and their citizens. However, public health officials need access to a comprehensive system capable of mining and analy...
BACKGROUND
Digital oral health misleading information has been propagated on social media to deceive people about fluoride's economic and health benefits to prevent dental caries.
OBJECTIVE
This study aimed to characterize the misleading fluoride-related information on Instagram.
METHODS
3,863 posts ranked by users' total interaction and publishe...
Background
Online false or misleading oral health–related content has been propagated on social media to deceive people against fluoride’s economic and health benefits to prevent dental caries.
Objective
The aim of this study was to characterize the false or misleading fluoride-related content on Instagram.
MethodsA total of 3863 posts ranked by us...