Social media for public health: Reaping the benefits, mitigating the harms

Zain Jafar ¹ , Jonathan D. Quick ² * , Heidi J. Larson ^3,4 , Verner Venegas-Vera ⁵ , Philip Napoli ⁶ , Godfrey Musuka ⁷ , Tafadzwa Dzinamarira ⁸ , Kolar Sridara Meena ⁹ , T. Raju Kanmani ¹⁰ , Eszter Rimányi ¹¹

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