Last month, I had the pleasure of attending CDC’s 2009 Health Communication, Marketing and Media conference in Atlanta, GA. I’ve never been so excited to go to an event that perfectly matches my interests in public health and communication/media – maybe with the exception of my first APHA conference.
This meeting of public health professionals who are passionate about communicating health messages to the masses recharged me 100 times over and the many thoughts I had during the panels are being articulated into a post that will surface later this week. Among the things I got to experience, I had the opportunity to meet some great people that I follow online and finally got to meet them in person.
One of those people is Susannah Fox who is the prominent voice of the Pew Internet Project, which many of you know contains a wealth of data and information on the trends taking place across the web. Susannah is heavily focused on health information and when she is not spreading great information on Twitter or conducting research, you can find her on the e-Patients site writing about the participatory medicine/empowered patients movement.
At the conference I asked Susannah a couple questions regarding her thoughts on new media advances in public health:
Interview with Susannah Fox, Pew Internet Project from Andre Blackman on Vimeo.
For the links to the resources that Susannah mentioned towards the end of the video regarding .com vs .org examples -
PatientsLikeMe: a vibrant community of patients sharing their experiences
Project HealthDesign: stimulating innovation in personal health information technology (creation of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
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Hi there Kaisa! Thanks for stopping by and commeting. I really appreciate the kudos and hope that over the next few months, Pulse + Signal will turn into a hub for creativity and innovative ideas – inspiring and motivating those in the public health world. How are you associated with public health?
Just found your site while searching about the use of social media in supporting public health intiatives. Great interview and informative blog…thanks.
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