Implementation Plan
Social media is going to be a key component for my campaign. I would like to reach and interact with an age group ranging from about 12 to 18 years old. This age group is heavily invested in online communication and social media. This age group would also benefit significantly from the development of social relationships end its effect on long term health. Social media allows people to interact through online mobile devices. (Eytan, et al., 2011) This interaction or socialization can be used to benefit the health and mortality outlook for many people. The most common platforms for social media are Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Myspace, and Yammer. (Social media is the message for occ health, 2011) While social media dominates internet usage and communication by most users, there are many other communication technologies that can be used by the public health professional in a health campaign. The internet provides limitless access and communication to the public, businesses, and organizations. Studies also show that consumers want more electronic access to health care. (Parker & Thorson, 2009) Other technologies which would be useful tools in public health campaigns would be YouTube, and Wiki sites. (Laureate, 2009) While many people think of YouTube as a site to view funny videos, YouTube has become a premier go to site for information. . You Tube would make an excellent tool to educate or to advocate for health campaigns and interventions.
To implement my campaign I need the input and participation of the community for which it is intended. CBPR could be a very powerful tool in implementing my campaign. I could collaborate with community/school leaders, students in the group, and parents for help. Allowin...
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...tance of relationships, and their direct link to personal well-being is a powerful wellness tool which requires not doctor visit and no prescription.
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It seems everybody in this ever-connected world is linked to some form of social media. And if you aren’t, I applaud you. It’s a TRAP. Carr begins his book by telling the stories of three well-educated men and the effects the internet has had on them. As stated by Bruce Friedman, a blogger about the use of computers in medicine, “Even a blog post of more than three or four paragraphs is too much to absorb. I skim it” (Carr 7), it’s too hard to focus on lengthy articles. The internet has shortened our attention span’s, seeking answers purely for convenience. I’m often looking for a
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When it comes to social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube, nobody wants to think about the negative effects it has on patients. Brian Cayko, the director of clinical education in the respiratory care program at Great Falls College, Montana State University in Great Falls, Montana argues that social media makes it easier for patients. When a patient is not able to acquire care at the medical facility, they can get in touch with their respiratory therapist with the use of social media sites. Cayko also states that social media sites can be helpful as “educational resources, patient support and social and professional networking.” I think that Cayko knows that everyone must remember the negative things about social media and the internet, with the understanding that just because it’s on the web doesn’t mean that it is the truth. No, not everything is wrong with social media sites, I am involved in social media sites myself; however, personally I know that when it comes to an occupation especially in the medical field, you have to be more aware of the negatives than the
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Health promotion is a guiding concept involving activities intended to enhance individual and community health well-being. It aims at increasing involvement and control of the individual and the community in their own health. It acts to develop health and social welfare, and to reduce explicit determinants of diseases and risk factors that unfavourably affect the health, well-being, and productive capacities of an individual or society, setting targets based on the size of the problem but also the possibility of successful involvements, in a cost-effective
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