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Roles of Social Networks in Supporting Health Care: Case Study on the Public and Private Health Sectors in Saudi Arabia |
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| Creator | Sultan Alayadi |
| Title | Roles of Social Networks in Supporting Health Care: Case Study on the Public and Private Health Sectors in Saudi Arabia |
| Contributor | - |
| Publisher | TuEngr Group |
| Publication Year | 2564 |
| Journal Title | International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies |
| Journal Vol. | 12 |
| Journal No. | 4 |
| Page no. | 12A4L: 1-12 |
| Keyword | Health communication, Social network, Health media, Care support, Health social group, Healthcare, Facebook, Twitter, Internet, Health satisfaction, e-health, Healthcare. |
| URL Website | http://TuEngr.com/Vol12_4.html |
| Website title | ITJEMAST V12(4) 2021 @ TuEngr.com |
| ISSN | 2228-9860 |
| Abstract | The study seeks to identify the roles of social networks in supporting health care. The importance of the study lies in educating community members about the accuracy of choosing social media networks that can be relied upon in obtaining medical information to protect them from any health complications that may affect them because of using unreliable sources. This study uses the descriptive and analytical approach by preparing a questionnaire and distributing it to 112 doctors and nurses in Saudi hospitals and analyzing the collected data through the SPSS program. The research results stress that there is a statistically significant positive effect for the role of social networks in supporting health care. Besides, there is a statistically significant positive effect at the significance level of 0.05 among the averages of the research sample estimates of the role of social networks in supporting health care from the viewpoint of the study sample. The researcher came out with a set of recommendations, the most important of which is the necessity to ensure the accuracy and reliability of health information published on social networks. |
