Househ Mowafa
College of Public Health and Health Informatics, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2011;169:616-20.
The purpose of this paper was to explore the types of sensitive health information posted by individuals through social network media sites such as Facebook. The researcher found several instances in which individuals, who could be identified by their user profiles, posted personal and sensitive health information related to mental and genetic disorders and sexually transmitted diseases. The data suggest that Facebook users should be made aware of the potential harm that may occur when sharing sensitive health information publicly through Facebook. Ethical considerations in undertaking such research are also examined.
本文的目的是探究个人通过脸书等社交网站发布的敏感健康信息的类型。研究人员发现了几起案例，通过用户资料能够识别身份的个人发布了与精神疾病、遗传疾病和性传播疾病相关的个人敏感健康信息。数据表明，脸书用户应该意识到通过脸书公开分享敏感健康信息可能带来的潜在危害。同时也探讨了开展此类研究时的伦理考量。
