social media, birth and midwives
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Social media, birth and midwives. Sarah Stewart 2011. http://www.flickr.com/photos/35034347468@N01/111376106. What is social media?. “use of web-based and mobile technologies to turn communication into interactive dialogue” Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Social media, birth and midwives
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35034347468@N01/111376106
Sarah Stewart 2011
What is social media?
“use of web-based and mobile technologies to turn communication into interactive dialogue”
Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media
http://www.flickr.com/photos/73532212@N00/2945559128
How does it influence women's choices and midwifery practice?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9106303@N05/2493066577
8 out of 10 people have looked up health information on the internet
Pew Internet and American Life Project, 2011
83% women go online to look for health information
Pew Internet and American Life Project, 2011
http://www.flickr.com/photos/79576592@N00/125710155
19% of internet users look online
for information about pregnancy
and childbirthPew Internet and American Life Project, 2011
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48819968@N00/12390581
Canada 37% babies have digital identity before they are born
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44124425616@N01/2282360160
Dawson, 2010
Australia/NZ 41% newborns on the net
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44124425616@N01/2634681982
Dawson, 2010
USA 92% children have online presence by 2 years old
http://www.flickr.com/photos/86603835@N00/19650368
Dawson, 2010
Parents talk about childbirth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niJ6F2p9Ql8&feature=fvst
They broadcast their births
They share information and advice
http://www.facebook.com/MidwiferyToday
They support each other
http://navelgazingmidwife.squarespace.com/navelgazing-midwife-blog/2011/4/13/birth-abuse.html
They build communities of interest
http://www.facebook.com/theunnecesarean
They have virtual births
They become activists
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Save-HBAC-in-Australia-fan-page/239430759403371
They talk about their midwives
What are the implications for
midwives?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48819968@N00/2925293661
Listen to what women are saying
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29195126@N02/4872728620
Join the conversation
Use social media to share evidence-based, quality information
with women
http://www.flickr.com/photos/50318388@N00/1309683996
Support women to make sense of information they find on the internet
http://www.flickr.com/photos/74637221@N00/3109380557
Think about how to manage issues of privacy,
confidentiality, statutory and professional
responsibilities and
requirements
Connect with other midwives
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8566600@N07/2509988622
Use social media as a tool to support the midwife-woman partnership
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8566600@N07/3069766004
References Dawson, R. (2010, October 7). Getting an online identity from before you are born is
just the beginning of a life online [web log message]. Retrieved from
http://rossdawsonblog.com/weblog/archives/2010/10/getting_an_onli.html
Pew Internet and American Life Project. (2011). The social life of health information.
Retrieved from http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2011/Social-Life-of-Health-Info/Summary-of-Findings.aspx