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Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/58656, first published .
Cross-Cultural Sense-Making of Global Health Crises: A Text Mining Study of Public Opinions on Social Media Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Developed and Developing Economies

Cross-Cultural Sense-Making of Global Health Crises: A Text Mining Study of Public Opinions on Social Media Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Developed and Developing Economies

Cross-Cultural Sense-Making of Global Health Crises: A Text Mining Study of Public Opinions on Social Media Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Developed and Developing Economies

Adham Kahlawi   1, 2 , BSc, PhD ;   Firas Masri   3 , BA, MSc, PhD ;   Wasim Ahmed   4 , BA, MSc, PhD ;   Josep Vidal-Alaball   5, 6, 7 , MD, PhD

1 Department of Statistics, Computer Science, Applications, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

2 Lloyds Banking Group (United Kingdom), Edinburgh, United Kingdom

3 Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

4 Hull Univeristy Business School, Hull University, Kingston Upon Hull, United Kingdom

5 Unitat de Recerca i Innovació, Gerència d'Atenció Primària i a la Comunitat de la Catalunya Central, Institut Català de la Salut, Sant Fruitós de Bages, Spain

6 Intelligence for Primary Care Research Group, Unitat de Suport a la Recerca de la Catalunya Centra, Fundació Institut Universitari per a la recerca, Sant Fruitós de Bages, Spain

7 Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Vic, Vic, Spain

Corresponding Author:

  • Josep Vidal-Alaball, MD, PhD
  • Unitat de Recerca i Innovació
  • Gerència d'Atenció Primària i a la Comunitat de la Catalunya Central
  • Institut Català de la Salut
  • Carrer Pica d'Estats, 36
  • Sant Fruitós de Bages 08272
  • Spain
  • Phone: 34 936930040
  • Email: jvidal.cc.ics@gencat.cat