Public Health in Social Media

The number of social media sites and applications dedicated to public health is huge and there are plenty of opportunities for public health to use this power, but finding only relevant resources takes time and effort. As usual, Webicina is here to help.

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Public Health Community Sites, FaceBook Groups and Forums

Community Sites and Forums

Healia - Public Health Online Health Community and Support Group

Description: "Through this Public Health support group, you can get Public Health information, share experiences about Public Health, connect with peers, and get answers to your Public Health questions from health professionals."
Quality: Accredited by HONcode.

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JISCM@IL - Public Health

Description: "A discussion forum and information resource for those working in epidemiology and public health."
Quality: "It aims to facilitate information sharing, (eg workshops, seminars, conferences and new research) and promote links, collaborative working, joint problem-solving and mutual support."

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Medpedia - Public Health Community

Description: "A community to improve articles related to public health. The community will also help improve topics under health systems and primary health care as well."
Quality: Medpedia is a medical encyclopaedia managed and edited by medical professionals.

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Public Health Foundation (PHF)

Description: "The Public Health Foundation (PHF) is dedicated to achieving healthy communities through research, training, and technical assistance. For more than 40 years, this national, non-profit organization has been creating new information and helping health agencies and other community health organizations connect to and more effectively use information to manage and improve performance, understand and use data, and strengthen the workforce."
Quality: "PHF is an independent, non-membership organization, governed by an 11-member Board of Directors composed of two state health officers, two local public health officers, one local board of health member, and six individuals from academic, private sector, and other public health agency settings."

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FaceBook Groups

Facebook is a free social networking site where users can join groups. In these groups, members can post messages, interact with others or find relevant content. A few of the numerous public health groups:

American Public Health Association

Description and content: "The American Public Health Association is the oldest and most diverse organization of public health professionals in the world. The Association aims to protect all Americans and their communities from preventable, serious health threats and strives to assure community-based health promotion and disease prevention activities and preventive health services are universally accessible in the United States. APHA represents a broad array of health professionals and others who care about their own health and the health of their communities."

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Protecting Public Health!

Description and content: "This group is for anyone who has an interest in Public Health. This group can also be used as a sounding board for exchanging Public Health ideas and suggestions, sharing best practices and lessons learned, and advocating measures to promote and protect Public Health."

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Public Health Networking

Description and content: "This group is for anyone who is interested in Public Health. Anyone working in public health, MPH students or anyone who is just interested in public health. This is a place to network and discuss public health issues."

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This is Public Health

Description and content: "For the purpose of educating the public about public health. Sponsored by the University of Washington Extended MPH Degree Program."

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World Health Organization (WHO)

Description and content: "The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April 1948, and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health Organization, which had been an agency of the League of Nations."

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