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#Caremongering: A community-led social movement to address health and social needs during COVID-19

Abstract

BACKGROUND: To combat social distancing and stay-at-home restrictions due to COVID-19, Canadian communities began a Facebook social media movement, #Caremongering, to support vulnerable individuals in their communities. Little research has examined the spread and use of #Caremongering to address community health and social needs. OBJECTIVES: We examined the rate at which #Caremongering grew across Canada, the main ways the groups were used, and …

Authors

Seow H; McMillan K; Civak M; Bainbridge D; van der Wal A; Haanstra C; Goldhar J; Winemaker S

Journal

PLOS ONE, Vol. 16, No. 1,

Publisher

Public Library of Science (PLoS)

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0245483

ISSN

1932-6203