Characterizing Organ Donation Awareness from

Social Media

Presentation@2017 IEEE 33rd International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE), April 22nd, 2017

Diogo F. Pacheco*, Diego Pinheiro*, Martin Cadeiras+, and Ronaldo Menezes*

*BioComplex Laboratory, School of Computing, Florida Institute of Technology +Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

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1) Transplant of Human Organs;

2) Related Works

I. Organ Transplantation

II. Organ Donation

3) Social Media and Organ Donation

I. Awareness Signature

II. Geographical Variations

III. Organ-Aware Users

4) Limitations and Future Works

Agenda

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1) Transplant of Human Organs;

2) Related Works

I. Organ Transplantation

II. Organ Donation

3) Social Media and Organ Donation

I. Awareness Signature

II. Geographical Variations

III. Organ-Aware Users

4) Limitations and Future Works

Agenda

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1) Transplant of Human Organs;

2) Related Works

I. Organ Transplantation

II. Organ Donation

3) Social Media and Organ Donation

I. Awareness Signature

II. Geographical Variations

III. Organ-Aware Users

4) Limitations and Future Works

Agenda

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Organ Transplantation

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Organ Shortage Crisis

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Organ Shortage Crisis

On average, 22 people die each day while waiting for a transplant [1].

OPTN Web Site. http://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov

Every ten minutes, someone is added to the national transplant

waiting list [1].

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Organ Shortage Crisis

OPTN Web Site. http://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov

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1) Transplant of Human Organs;

2) Related Works

I. Organ Transplantation

II. Organ Donation

3) Social Media and Organ Donation

I. Awareness Signature

II. Geographical Variations

III. Organ-Aware Users

4) Limitations and Future Works

Agenda

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Previous Works

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Previous Works

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Previous Works

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Previous Works

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Organ Shortage Crisis

OPTN Web Site. http://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov

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1) Transplant of Human Organs;

2) Related Works

I. Organ Transplantation

II. Organ Donation

3) Social Media and Organ Donation

I. Awareness Signature

II. Geographical Variations

III. Organ-Aware Users

4) Limitations and Future Works

Agenda

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Previous Works

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Previous Works

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Previous Works

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1) Transplant of Human Organs;

2) Related Works

I. Organ Transplantation

II. Organ Donation

3) Social Media and Organ Donation

I. Data

II. Awareness Signature

III. Geographical Variations

IV. Organ-Aware Users

4) Limitations and Future Works

Agenda

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Research Question

What is the extent in which online social activities on Twitter is associated with aspects of organ donation?

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Tweets Advocating Donation

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Tweets Communicating Transplant

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Diverse Tweets on Organ Donation

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1) Transplant of Human Organs;

2) Related Works

I. Organ Transplantation

II. Organ Donation

3) Social Media and Organ Donation

I. Data

II. Awareness Signature

III. Geographical Variations

IV. Organ-Aware Users

4) Limitations and Future Works

Agenda

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Data

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donor

donation

donate

transplant

transplantation

+heart

intestine

lung

pancreas

liver

kidney

Organ identifierContext

Gauging Indicators of Organ Donation

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Inferring Locations from Self-Reported Information

Latitude Longitude

City, County State, Country

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Descriptive Statistics

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1) Transplant of Human Organs;

2) Related Works

I. Organ Transplantation

II. Organ Donation

3) Social Media and Organ Donation

I. Data

II. Awareness Signature

III. Geographical Variations

IV. Organ-Aware Users

4) Limitations and Future Works

Agenda

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Awareness Signature

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Awareness Signature

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Awareness Signature

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Awareness Signature

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Awareness Signature

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1) Transplant of Human Organs;

2) Related Works

I. Organ Transplantation

II. Organ Donation

3) Social Media and Organ Donation

I. Data

II. Awareness Signature

III. Geographical Variations

IV. Organ-Aware Users

4) Limitations and Future Works

Agenda

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Geographical Variations

Twitter Conversations of Organ Transplantation and Donation in US

Heart

Kidney

Liver

Lung

N/A

Solid Organs

RRir =⇢ir⇢in

Twitter Conversations of Organ Transplantation and Donation in US

Heart

Kidney

Liver

Lung

N/A

Solid Organs

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Geographical Variations Twitter Conversations of Organ Transplantation and Donation in US

Heart

Kidney

Liver

Lung

N/A

Solid Organs

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1) Transplant of Human Organs;

2) Related Works

I. Organ Transplantation

II. Organ Donation

3) Social Media and Organ Donation

I. Data

II. Awareness Signature

III. Geographical Variations

IV. Organ-Aware Users

4) Limitations and Future Works

Agenda

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Organ-Aware Users

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1) Transplant of Human Organs;

2) Related Works

I. Organ Transplantation

II. Organ Donation

3) Social Media and Organ Donation

I. Awareness Signature

II. Geographical Variations

III. Organ-Aware Users

4) Limitations and Future Works

Agenda

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1. Demographic Bias on Twitter;

2. Improve Data Collection;

3. Infer Demographics;

4. Multilevel Approach;

5. Real-Time Monitoring.

Limitations and Future Works

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Acknowledgments

Science Without Borders program (CAPES, Brazil) for financial support under grant 0624/14-4.

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OneLegacy Foundation for Support

Characterizing Organ Donation Awareness from

Social Media

Presentation@2017 IEEE 33rd International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE), April 22nd, 2017

Diogo F. Pacheco*, Diego Pinheiro*, Martin Cadeiras+, and Ronaldo Menezes*

*BioComplex Laboratory, School of Computing, Florida Institute of Technology +Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

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