Caribbean Health Communication

Free Webinar: New Methods for Disseminating Public Health Research

• Sarah Kliff, Health Policy Reporter with The Washington Post (moderator);
• Glen Mays, Editor-in-Chief of Frontiers;
• David Kindig, Blogger for Improving Population Health

Free Public Forum & live webcast: “Social Media for health”

Free Public Forum & live webcast: “Social Media for health”

February 4th 2013, 7 pm PST

A  public forum on “Social Media for Health: The Good, The Bad, and The Possible”, organized by the University of British Columbia (UBC) and sponsored by UBC Peter Wall Institute of Advanced Studies:

Date: February 4^th, 2013 Monday

Time: 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Pacific Standard Time

Live webcast link: 
http://mediasitemob1.mediagroup.ubc.ca/Mediasite/Play/5965d72bcfaa426cb8843208c7bb037e1d

Also link can be found on our web site: http://socialweb4health.pwias.ubc.ca/

Twitter:   #HCSMForum     

Location: UBC Robson Square Room C300, Downtown Vancouver

Opening remarks: 
The Honorable Minister of Advanced Education, Province of British Columbia, Mr. John Yap

Ms. Bernadette Mah, Peter Wall Institute of Advanced Studies

Introduction:  Dr. Kendall Ho, Professor and Director, eHealth Strategy Office, Faculty of Medicine, UBC

Moderator: Ms. Gillian Shaw, Vancouver Sun Digital Life writer

Keynote Speakers:

“Social Media in Health: history, movements, and current practice”

Mr. Dean Giustini, Reference Librarian, Biomedical Branch Library, UBC

“Medicine 2.0 and beyond: where are we going with social media in health and medicine?”

Dr. Gunther Eysenbach, Professor & Senior Scientist, Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, University of Toronto, Editor/Publisher of Journal of Medical Internet Research

“Analyzing the advantages of digital tools and dissemination technologies: The Experience of the Network on Equity, Health and Human Development PAHO/WHO”

Ms. Ana Lucia Ruggiero, Knowledge Translation Specialist, Knowledge Management and Communication, Pan American Health Organization Regional Office of the World Health Organization

“Huge Help: The Role of Social Media in Healthcare”

Ms. Ashley Brooks, Customer Marketing Manager, Enterprise, HootSuite

Panelists:

Dr. Caroline Haythornthwaite, Professor & Director, the iSchool at UBC

Dr. Leanne Currie, Associate Professor, UBC School of Nursing

Dr. Helen Novak Lauscher, Assistant Director of Research, UBC Faculty of Medicine eHealth Strategy Office

Mr. Francisco Grajales III, PhD Candidate, UBC Interdisciplinary studies

This event is funded by a research grant from the University of British Columbia Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, 
and is a collaboration between 5 Faculties and schools in UBC: Medicine, iSchool at UBC, 
Nursing, Engineering, and Sauder School of Business.

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*Extended* UNICEF JA launches #HashCon2012: An Advocacy Challenge for Jamaican Bloggers

Reblogged from Caribbean Health Communication:

DUE TO OVERWHELMING REQUESTS, WEVE DECIDED TO EXTEND #HASHCON2012!!!

• NOMINATIONS WILL NOW CLOSE AT 11:59 PM ON DECEMBER 7TH.
• VOTING BEGINS ON DECEMBER 8TH AND ENDS AT 11:59 PM ON DECEMBER 14TH

A #HashCon is where influencers in the Jamaican social media world come together and talk about an important issue for a week via their blogs. At the end of that week, the blogger with the most votes on his seleted post wins.

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CHC 2012 in review – Happy New Year!!!

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 4,400 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 7 years to get that many views.

Click here to see the complete report.

Using Social Media in Emergency and Disaster Response Webinar/Conference Call

*** The Disaster Information Specialist Program monthly conference call/webinar is open to everyone – please spread the word and invite others in your organizations and send to your email lists ***

The December Disaster Information Specialist Program conference call/webinar will be held 
Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 1:30 PM ET using Adobe Connect. See connection information below.

We have a very timely and interesting session planned for our December meeting. Kelly Bennett, Diana Kushner, and Sara Harris from the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response will be presenting on “Using Social Media in Emergency and Disaster Response”.  In addition to highlighting tools to monitor social media trends that assist with response coordination efforts, Kelly, Diana and Sara will share some of their experiences from their recent deployment to New Jersey following Hurricane Sandy.

To join the meeting at 1:30 pm ET, Thursday, December 13 click on:

https://webmeeting.nih.gov/disinfo

Enter your name in the guest box and click  “Enter Room”. A box should pop up asking for your phone number.  Enter your phone number and the system will call you. 

For those who cannot use the call-back feature, the dial-in information is below.

Dial-In:  1-888-757-2790

Pass-Code: 745907

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If you have never attended a Connect Pro meeting before:

Test your connection: https://webmeeting.nih.gov/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm    

Get a quick overview: http://www.adobe.com/go/connectpro_overview  

 Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat and Acrobat Connect are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries.

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Or, if you are in the area you can attend the meeting in person at our offices at 6707 Democracy Blvd, Bethesda,MD, Suite 440. Park in the visitor’s parking lot (we will validate your parking), walk to the middle building (Democracy Two) and take the elevator to the 4th floor. Suite 440 is around the corner behind the elevators.

Disaster Information Management Research Center

Specialized Information Services Division

National Library of Medicine

National Institutes of Health