The Use of Social Media Among Parents of Infants with Cleft Lip and/or Palate

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2020

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Elsevier Science inc

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Nursing
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Atılım University Department of Nursing opened in 2018. The department is among the few in our Turkey with a program that is 100% in English. In this aspect, the department is also the first and the only one in Ankara. Nurses are some of the key players among healthcare professionals protecting the health of individuals, families and the public, and offering care in line with the principles of holistic and family-based healthcare. Prepared with respect to the changes in Turkey and the world, as well as the developments in the global health sector, course content is presented through technological and innovative methods in education. Hybrid and simulation laboratories armed with cutting-edge equipment are used for skill training as an important portion of the education for nursing. As the field most in demand by nursing and midwifery schools in Turkey, our thesis graduate program for the field Obstetrics and Gynecology shall start in 2020. Holding pedagogical formation certificates and qualifications accredited nationally, and internationally, our academic staff not only offers training in professional skills (cognitive and psychomotor skills) and foreign languages to students, but also prepares students as health professionals for the future, making use of programs such as those on social responsibility, as well as student network activities and international exchange projects.

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Purpose: To determine the purpose of the parents of infants with cleft lip and/or palate (CLIP) for using Facebook, how they share for the audience and what kind of information they search for. Design and methods: The results of the study were analyzed using qualitative and quantitative methodologies. Data were collected for one major social media platform (Facebook) from public accounts dedicated to CL/P. The former involved thematic and word count analysis for online posts on the Facebook platform, while the latter employed descriptive statistics. Results: Facebook has a total of 8 group accounts and 7695 users in Turkey. Among the 702 posts analyzed, "requesting information" was found to be the most commonly encountered theme (55.4%). This study, it was determined that especially parents of infants with CL/P need information about surgery. The "announcement" was mentioned in only 3.3% of all posts. Our text analysis of 17.134 words mentioned in posts revealed that the most common word was surgery (6.6%). Conclusions: The current study provides a comprehensive reference to the role of social media in CL/P. Practice implications: In the near future, analysis of patients' and public knowledge and perception of surgery will be an important next step in building greater awareness of its role in the management of CL/P. (C) 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Çınar Özbay, Sevil/0000-0002-9281-1614

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Cleft lip and cleft palate, Facebook, Qualitative research, Parents, Social media

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54

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E91

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E96

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2020.05.007
 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14411/3218

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