TABLE 1

Impact of different categories of posting

CategoryPosts n (%)Likes and Shares per postTotal Reach per post
Personal Stories40 (22)16 (5–32)229 (132–421)
Unit news66 (37)9 (3–19)162 (98–282)
Associated news13 (7)8 (3–15)147 (80–161)
Inviting user engagement17 (9)2 (0–8)88 (67–138)
Health education44 (24)1 (0–3)80 (69–115)
Total180 (100)5 (1–15)137 (84–150)
  • Data are presented as median (interquartile range) unless otherwise stated. Facebook posts were divided into five categories. The number of “Likes”, “Shares” and total “Reach” have been averaged per post.