In large-scale emergencies social media has become a key source of information for public awareness, government authorities and relief agencies. However, the sheer volume of data and the low signal-tonoise ratio limit the effectiveness and the efficiency of using social media as an intelligence resource. We describe Australian Crisis Tracker (ACT), a tool designed for agencies responding to lar...

Government communications typically use social media for federal agencies, national policies, and emergency cases. However, it is crucial to understand the of these platforms within local government agencies. This investigation fills this gap includes data during three months COVID-19 pandemic compares with previous trends. The research question that leads is: How has communication behavior cha...

In this article, the author first analyzes the social presence theory, media richness theory and taskmedia fit to investigate the suitability of various types of Social Media in disaster management. Then, on the basis of this analysis, use of social media is proposed to facilitate the communication tasks involved in the interaction between disaster management agencies and communities during dis...

A birth control movement emerged in Canada in the 1930s with the formation of several clinics and agencies devoted to the dissemination of information on birth control. The arrest of Dorothea Palmer, a social worker employed by one of these agencies, the Parents' Information Bureau, resulted in a precedent-setting trial during which the new movement argued for the benefits of birth control. In ...

Forming partnerships with service users became a requirement for social work education programs in the United Kingdom as of 2003, leading to the development of innovative approaches to social work education that involve service users as experts who are helping to teach the future generation of social workers. This article examines the perceptions of service user involvement and how it is implem...

Social media platforms are now a key source of information for a large segment of the public. As such, these platforms have a great potential as a means to provide real-time information to emergency management agencies. Moreover, during an emergency, these agencies are very interested in social media as a means to find public-driven response efforts, as well as to track how their handling of th...

BACKGROUND Research policy in the field of HIV has changed substantially in recent decades in Switzerland. Until 2004, social science research on HIV/AIDS was funded by specialized funding agencies. After 2004, funding of such research was "normalized" and integrated into the Swiss National Science Foundation as the main funding agency for scientific research in Switzerland. This paper offers a...

The National Expert Panel on Community Health Promotion provided recommendations that are relevant not only to federal agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) but also to state and local health agencies (1). State and local health agencies have a strong foundation in convening nontraditional partners, coordinating public and private efforts, and serving as a model ...