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This paper describes the work undertaken as part of the SMM4H-2024 shared task, specifi- cally Task 5, which involves the binary classifi- cation of English tweets reporting children’s medical disorders. The primary objective is to develop a system capable of automat- ically identifying tweets from users who re- port their pregnancy and mention children with specific medical conditions, such as attention- deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorders (ASD), delayed speech, or asthma, while distinguishing them from tweets that merely reference a disorder without much context. Our approach leverages advanced nat- ural language processing techniques and ma- chine learning algorithms to accurately classify the tweets. The system achieved an overall F1- score of 0.87, highlighting its robustness and effectiveness in addressing the classification challenge posed by this task.

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HaleLab_NITK@SMM4H’24: Binary Classification of English Tweets reporting Children’s Medical Disorders

tweeter

natural language processing

social media

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HaleLab_NITK@SMM4H’24: Binary Classification of English Tweets reporting Children’s Medical Disorders

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