DISCOVERING HEALTH TOPICS IN SOCIAL MEDIA USING TOPIC MODELS.

Discovering health topics in social media using topic models.

By aggregating self-reported health statuses across millions of users, we seek to characterize the variety of health information discussed in Twitter.We describe a topic modeling framework for discovering health topics in Twitter, a social media website.This is an exploratory approach with the Headwear goal of understanding what health topics are c

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The persistent power of stigma: A critical review of policy initiatives to break the menstrual silence and advance menstrual literacy.

Menstruation is shrouded in stigma and shame-that is the common refrain in burgeoning initiatives on menstrual health and hygiene.Public policies alone cannot undo stigma and enact social change, but they do interact with social norms.They can reflect and adopt stigmatizing attitudes and, as a result, institutionalize, formalize, and legitimize sti

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