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Mining Social Media for Perceptions and Trends on HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis

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Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is an approach for
                preventing the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which entails
                the administration of antiretroviral medication to high-risk
                seronegative persons. If taken correctly, PrEP can reduce HIV
                infection risk by more than 90%. The aim of this study was to
                identify and examine PrEP-related perceptions and trends
                discussed on Twitter. Using open-source technologies,
                text-mining and interactive visualisation techniques, a
                comprehensive data gathering and analytics Web-based platform
                was developed to facilitate the study objectives. Our results
                demonstrate that monitoring of PrEP-related discussions on
                Twitter can be detected over time and valuable insights can be
                obtained concerning issues of PrEP awareness, expressed
                opinions, perceived barriers and key discussion points on its
                adoption. The proposed platform could support public-health
                professionals and policy makers in PrEP monitoring, facilitating
                informed decision making and strategy planning for efficient HIV
                combination prevention.

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Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 2019, vol. 264,  p. 959-963

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cc by-nc (c)  International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA); IOS Press., 2019

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Articles publicats en revistes (ISGlobal)

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Mining Social Media for Perceptions and Trends on HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis