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Isaac Chun-Hai Fung

Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Georgia Southern University
Verified email at georgiasouthern.edu
Cited by 5008

[HTML][HTML] Results from the centers for disease control and prevention's predict the 2013–2014 Influenza Season Challenge

…, D Alper, M Dredze, S Fox, ICH Fung… - BMC infectious …, 2016 - Springer
Background Early insights into the timing of the start, peak, and intensity of the influenza
season could be useful in planning influenza prevention and control activities. To encourage …

How people react to Zika virus outbreaks on Twitter? A computational content analysis

…, H Liang, N Saroha, ZTH Tse, P Ip, ICH Fung - American journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Zika-related Twitter incidence peaked after the World Health Organization declared an
emergency. Five themes were identified from Zika-related Twitter content: (1) societal impact of …

Effectiveness of handwashing in preventing SARS: a review

ICH Fung, S Cairncross - Tropical medicine & international …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
This review examines the literature, including literature in Chinese, on the effectiveness of
handwashing as an intervention against severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) …

[HTML][HTML] Using Twitter for public health surveillance from monitoring and prediction to public response

SE Jordan, SE Hovet, ICH Fung, H Liang, KW Fu… - Data, 2018 - mdpi.com
Twitter is a social media platform where over 500 million people worldwide publish their
ideas and discuss diverse topics, including their health conditions and public health events. …

Social media's initial reaction to information and misinformation on Ebola, August 2014: facts and rumors

ICH Fung, KW Fu, CH Chan, BSB Chan… - Public health …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective. We analyzed misinformation about Ebola circulating on Twitter and Sina Weibo,
the leading Chinese microblog platform, at the outset of the global response to the 2014–…

Ebola and the social media

ICH Fung, ZTH Tse, CN Cheung, AS Miu, KW Fu - The Lancet, 2014 - thelancet.com
In October 2014, during heightened news coverage about cases of Ebola in the USA,
anecdotal observations suggested that many Americans were anxious about Ebola. Given the …

[PDF][PDF] Sentiment, contents, and retweets: a study of two vaccine-related twitter datasets

…, H Liang, N Saroha, ICH Fung - The Permanente …, 2018 - thepermanentejournal.org
Introduction: Social media platforms are important channels through which health education
about the utility and safety of vaccination is conducted. Objective: To investigate if tweets …

[HTML][HTML] The use of social media in public health surveillance

ICH Fung, ZTH Tse, KW Fu - Western Pacific surveillance and …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Social media and other population-based digital platforms provide additional data sources
for public health surveillance to detect disease outbreaks and estimate disease incidence. …

Ebola virus disease and social media: A systematic review

ICH Fung, CH Duke, KC Finch, KR Snook… - American journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objectives We systematically reviewed existing research pertinent to Ebola virus disease and
social media, especially to identify the research questions and the methods used to collect …

[HTML][HTML] Public health implications of image-based social media: a systematic review of Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr, and Flickr

ICH Fung, EB Blankenship, JO Ahweyevu… - The Permanente …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Isaac Chun-Hai Fung, PhD, was the adjudicator if there were disagreements over data
extraction. Isaac Chun-Hai Fung, … Isaac Chun-Hai Fung, PhD, is the corresponding author of the …