Published on in Vol 9 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/67515, first published .
Crisis Communication About the Maui Wildfires on TikTok: Content Analysis of Engagement With Maui Wildfire–Related Posts Over 1 Year

Crisis Communication About the Maui Wildfires on TikTok: Content Analysis of Engagement With Maui Wildfire–Related Posts Over 1 Year

Crisis Communication About the Maui Wildfires on TikTok: Content Analysis of Engagement With Maui Wildfire–Related Posts Over 1 Year

Jim P Stimpson   1, 2 , PhD ;   Aditi Srivastava   3 ;   Ketan Tamirisa   4 ;   Joseph Keaweʻaimoku Kaholokula   5 , PhD ;   Alexander N Ortega   6 , PhD

1 Department of Health Economics, Systems, and Policy, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States

2 Peter O'Donnell Jr. School of Public Health, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States

3 Frisco High School, Frisco, TX, United States

4 Washington University in St. Louis, St Louis, MO, United States

5 Department of Native Hawaiian Health, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, United States

6 Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Jim P Stimpson, PhD
  • Department of Health Economics
  • Systems
  • and Policy, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  • 5323 Harry Hines Blvd
  • Dallas, TX, 75390-9066
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 214-645-2567
  • Email: james.stimpson@utsouthwestern.edu