social media and public health

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Social Media + Public Health Miguel Gomez, Director, AIDS.gov U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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Miguel Gomez, director of AID discusses social media and public health

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Social Media + Public HealthMiguel Gomez, Director, AIDS.govU.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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61%Of American

adults use the internet

as their primary way

to engage with government

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Need for improved web experience

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Why a strategy is needed ?

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Why?

Missed opportunities to share resources

Large number of websites

Need for more guidance & polices

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“At the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show, I unveiled a roadmap for the Federal government to seize this mobile opportunity.

“Within a year, I expect the government to change the way we work…”

Steven VanRoekel, White House CIO

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dot gov + federal mobile strategy =

federal digital strategy

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Why is it important?

IS IT?

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• Read the Federal Digital Strategy

• Educate Your Team

• P•O•S•T

• Check in with users

• Use metrics

Step Back

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• Manage for peer to peer health

• Responsive Design

• Mobile Ready

• Fundamental - Be available on the small screen

Plan

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• Extend the Reach of their Work

• AIDS.gov audience

• Target Audience- mobile stats

Actions/Challenges

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Howling wolf

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80% of internet users have looked online health information.  This translates to 59% of all adults.

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The Social Life of Health Information, 2011 .May 12, 2011by Susannah Foxhttp://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2011/Social-Life-of-Health-Info.aspx

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51% of Latinos/Hispanics

46% of African Americansuse their phone to go online(compared to 33% of whites)  Mobile Access 2010 Pew Internet and American Life

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34% of internet users, or 25% of adults, have read someone else’s commentary or experience about health or medical issues online.  The Social Life of Health Information, 2011.May 12, 2011by Susannah Foxhttp://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2011/Social-Life-of-Health-Info.aspx

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17% The number of mobile users who land on “How you get HIV or AIDS”(making it the most viewed page) Mobile users are coming to us for what they see as our most important content and are bypassing the home page altogether, it seems.

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