Health Sciences 4091A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: System On A Chip, Louisiana Highway 15

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 4091A/B
• Professor: Gillian Mandich

Document Summary

Article one : adoption and use of social media among public health departments. Purpose of study : assess the extent state public health departments (shd) are using social media, which social media applications are used most often, how often social media is used interactively to engage audiences. Cross sectional study of shd social media sites (snag-it software used testing across 5 applications. Results: most shd use at least one app at rates of larger co(cid:373)pa(cid:374)ies" charities and non profit organizations. Their overall reach is limited (low followers, likes and subscribers) Most shd use social media as a distribution medium instead they need to converse and engage with their audiences. Tweets: majority health related most often on staying healthy and diseases and conditions. Facebook: majority health related; factual health relted information. One post per day | purpose: to distribute information (little interaction with audiences) Topics: posts/ tweets relating to staying healthy and disease and conditions.