Exploring Urological Malignancies on Pinterest: Content Analysis.
Amber S HerbertNaeemul HassanRena Deep MalikStacy LoebAkya MyriePublished in: JMIR cancer (2022)
On Pinterest, the majority of the urological oncology patient-centric content is of low quality and lacks diversity. This widely used, yet unregulated platform has the ability to influence consumers' health knowledge and decision-making. Ultimately, this can lead to consumers making suboptimal medical decisions. Moreover, our findings demonstrate underrepresentation across many racial and ethnic groups. Efforts should be made to ensure the dissemination of diverse, high-quality, and accurate health care information to the millions of users on Pinterest and other social media platforms.