Published on in Vol 3, No 4 (2018): Oct-Dec

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/11177, first published .
Content Analysis of Metaphors About Hypertension and Diabetes on Twitter: Exploratory Mixed-Methods Study

Content Analysis of Metaphors About Hypertension and Diabetes on Twitter: Exploratory Mixed-Methods Study

Content Analysis of Metaphors About Hypertension and Diabetes on Twitter: Exploratory Mixed-Methods Study

Lauren Sinnenberg   1 , MD ;   Christina Mancheno   1 , BA ;   Frances K Barg   2 , PhD ;   David A Asch   1, 3 , MBA, MD ;   Christy Lee Rivard   1 , BA ;   Emma Horst-Martz   1 , BA ;   Alison Buttenheim   2 , MBA, PhD ;   Lyle Ungar   1, 4 , PhD ;   Raina Merchant   1, 5 , MSHP, MD

1 Penn Medicine Center for Digital Health, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States

2 Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States

3 Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States

4 Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States

5 Department of Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Raina Merchant, MSHP, MD
  • Penn Medicine Center for Digital Health
  • University of Pennsylvania
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  • Email: Raina.Merchant@uphs.upenn.edu