Social Media and self-medication for weight loss: insights from Facebook in Brazil
Journal Title: International Journal of engineering Research and Applications - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 7
Abstract
Recognized as a public health issue, self-medication is employed for pain ceasing and disease prevention, or even for aesthetic purposes, although it can compromise a person’s health. Part of the information that leads to self-medication is disseminated via the Internet, in online discussion groups like the ones of Facebook, the major social media platform in the world and in Brazil. This paperwork aims at analyzing if, within such groups, there are incentives to self-medication for weight loss, and how such information could be classified for better understanding. The study is a descriptive survey, with a non-experimental approach. For data treatment and analysis is employed the Descending Hierarchical Classification (DHC or Reinert’s Method), using IRaMuTeQ software. Results encompass the identification of classes of weight loss-related themes, which can contribute to self-medication with said intent. It is possible to apply methods of this study to other social media sites and other platforms of interaction throughout the Internet.
Authors and Affiliations
Jaciara Carneiro, Denise Tsunoda, Rebeca Giacomitti
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