Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
How they are used to promote health!
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6920/6/41/additional/
"Take Two Aspirin And Tweet Me In The Morning:
How Twitter, Facebook, And Other Social Media
Are Reshaping Health Care"
by Carleen Hawn
"From large hospital networks to patient support
groups, new media tools like weblogs, instant messaging platforms, video chat, and social networks are reengineering the way doctors and patients interact."
“Once a day I would blog about what I learned the day before,”
he says. “It was ‘we messed up’ or ‘we did
a great job,’ ‘the patients like this,’ or ‘they
don’t like that.’ I wrote it for anyone who
would listen, and it helped me educate my
medical colleagues.”
"Using social media in health care “is about
changing the locus of control to the patient”
and altering the relationships between care
givers and care receivers. In this view, patient
portals, EHR platforms, blogs, video chat, and
“tweets” won’t merely substitute for many
one-on-one encounters with providers, but
will also allow for richer engagement and
deeper doctor-patient relationships."
"Take Two Aspirin And Tweet Me In The Morning:
How Twitter, Facebook, And Other Social Media
Are Reshaping Health Care"
by Carleen Hawn
"From large hospital networks to patient support
groups, new media tools like weblogs, instant messaging platforms, video chat, and social networks are reengineering the way doctors and patients interact."
“Once a day I would blog about what I learned the day before,”
he says. “It was ‘we messed up’ or ‘we did
a great job,’ ‘the patients like this,’ or ‘they
don’t like that.’ I wrote it for anyone who
would listen, and it helped me educate my
medical colleagues.”
"Using social media in health care “is about
changing the locus of control to the patient”
and altering the relationships between care
givers and care receivers. In this view, patient
portals, EHR platforms, blogs, video chat, and
“tweets” won’t merely substitute for many
one-on-one encounters with providers, but
will also allow for richer engagement and
deeper doctor-patient relationships."
Breast Feeding and Blogging
As of September 19th, this mobile milk truck nursing station has been on the move throughout Pittsburgh. Jill Miller an art instructor designed and created this truck. She works at Carnegie Mellon University and decided to take a stance on the importance of having friendly attitudes about breastfeeding when so many in this area do not readily accept breastfeeding. According to TIME, the city council just deemed September 13th as Milk Truck day.
The location of the milk truck can be found on their Website or facebook page . Needless to say women have been blogging a bunch about this truck, and breast feeding in general.
Our own Joshua West and others worked together and published an article entitled "Breastfeeding and Blogging: Exploring the Utility of Blogs to Promote Breastfeeding". This article can be found in the American Journal of Health Education Volume 42, No. 2, published in the March/April 2011 issue. They performed research to find answers as to what extent breastfeeding behavior support was being communicated on and through blogs. The findings suggest that behavior support is being given through blogs, and comments on blogs. The most effective blogs, in affecting behavior change, were those blogs with industry affiliation potentially because of the assumed credibility of information and anonymity provided. Blogging seemed to be effective in communicating support, largely due to the immediacy of correspondence and feedback that was also based on personal experience. The blogs and comments on blog posts could be easily accessed through mobile devices as well as personal computers. Partnerships between health educators and health-industry blogs could be a key link in the promotion of health behavior change, especially in encouraging women to and continue to breastfeed.
Have you looked at Blogger lately?
Taking a Look at Blogger, one of the most popular blogging sites. All I have to say...is WOW
Statistics!
152 million – The number of blogs on the Internet (as tracked by BlogPulse)2010
Technorati’s State of Blogosphere 2010 Report:
65% Hobbyists: blog for fun, no income from blogging
21% Self Employed: Blog full-time for their Own company
13% Part Timer: Receive compensation for their blogging, but do not consider it their full time job
1% Corporate: blog full time for company or organization
Bloggers Worldwide!
49% USA
29% Euro
12% Asia
7% Canada & Mexico
3% South America
52 Different Languages!!
Demographics
79% college degrees
43% graduate degrees
2/3rd of bloggers are male
Age of bloggers: 60% range from 18-44yrs
More than half are married and more than half are parents
most common rate of updating is 2-3 times per week
15% of bloggers spend 10 or more hours each week blogging
Technology- 25% of all bloggers engage in mobile blogging
Motivations of bloggers:
speak their minds
share their expertise
48% bloggers believe that more people will be getting their news and entertainment from blogs than traditional media in next five years
Technorati’s State of Blogosphere 2010 Report:
65% Hobbyists: blog for fun, no income from blogging
21% Self Employed: Blog full-time for their Own company
13% Part Timer: Receive compensation for their blogging, but do not consider it their full time job
1% Corporate: blog full time for company or organization
Bloggers Worldwide!
49% USA
29% Euro
12% Asia
7% Canada & Mexico
3% South America
52 Different Languages!!
Demographics
79% college degrees
43% graduate degrees
2/3rd of bloggers are male
Age of bloggers: 60% range from 18-44yrs
More than half are married and more than half are parents
most common rate of updating is 2-3 times per week
15% of bloggers spend 10 or more hours each week blogging
Technology- 25% of all bloggers engage in mobile blogging
Motivations of bloggers:
speak their minds
share their expertise
48% bloggers believe that more people will be getting their news and entertainment from blogs than traditional media in next five years
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
A little history of the "blog"
- A blog started as a kind of combination professional journal and personal diary written online for everybody to read. The term "Blog" comes from the phrase "web log" which caught on just before the year 2000 then someone changed it to "we blog" and the Blog was born!.
1967: The Internet is invented. Most people didn't begin to take notice until 25 years later. As personal computers became more affordable, the internet became popular and in the late 1990's people started to realize the could "publish" their thoughts and ideas on the internet for free.
1998: Open Diary becomes one of the first online tools to assist users in the publishing of online journals. It would later be followed by other journaling tools, including LiveJournal (1999), DiaryLand (1999), Pitas (1999), Blogger (1999), Xanga (2000), Movable Type (2001) and Wordpress (2003). All of these formats allowed people without codeing or programming expeirience to create their own internet based pages with info and pictures.
2002: Bloggers focus their attention on comments made by Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) at a birthday party for Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-SC) that appear to endorse segregation. After intense coverage in the blogosphere, the story spreads throughout the media, forcing Lott to resign his leadership position in the Senate. This was the 1st major media story that started with a blog and gave blogging credibility as an information source not just peoples ramblings
1967: The Internet is invented. Most people didn't begin to take notice until 25 years later. As personal computers became more affordable, the internet became popular and in the late 1990's people started to realize the could "publish" their thoughts and ideas on the internet for free.
1998: Open Diary becomes one of the first online tools to assist users in the publishing of online journals. It would later be followed by other journaling tools, including LiveJournal (1999), DiaryLand (1999), Pitas (1999), Blogger (1999), Xanga (2000), Movable Type (2001) and Wordpress (2003). All of these formats allowed people without codeing or programming expeirience to create their own internet based pages with info and pictures.
2002: Bloggers focus their attention on comments made by Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) at a birthday party for Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-SC) that appear to endorse segregation. After intense coverage in the blogosphere, the story spreads throughout the media, forcing Lott to resign his leadership position in the Senate. This was the 1st major media story that started with a blog and gave blogging credibility as an information source not just peoples ramblings
2003: Public radio host Christopher Lydon publishes mp3 audio files on a Web site, using an RSS feed developed by Dave Winer so people could subscribe to them. Then, Ben Hammersley, in an article for the UK Guardian newspaper, describes the technique used by Lydon, Winer and others as "podcasting." And in early 2004, Videographer Steve Garfield launches his video blog and declares 2004 "The Year of the Video Blog," Leading to the future technology crazes such YouTube, Flickr, and Twitter (which was 1st described as "micro-blogging"
Best Health Blogs of 2010 (Fox News)
1) Medgadget: a blog about the latest in Medical Technology. A very popular blog with pictures, video and information about everything from surgical robots to apps on smart phones. Written and published by a group of doctors and bio-med engineers.
http://medgadget.com/
2) Mind of the News: Dr. Keith Ablo's blog. He is a Fox News medical a-team member and a top psychologist. He takes a look at the psychology behind news stories, celebrity scandals, and politics.
http://http://www.foxnews.com/health/index.html
3) Former Fat Guy Weight Loss Blog: Rob Cooper a former cab driver who gained almost 500 lbs and then had a heart attack. This blog is all about how Rob lives a healthy lifestyle, how he lost 300 lbs and gained 50 lbs of muscle. How did he do it? Through a "natural system of health" including whole foods and walking 20 mins a day.
http://www.formerfatguy.com/
4) Beauty Crazed: Two girls from Toronto, Canada review products, and fashion, and tell you which are the best for your health and skin, and ones you can make on your own.
http://www.beautycrazed.ca/
5) Green Your World: Dierdre Imus gives green living tips including fun recipes to make with kids and environmental research.
6) Diabetes Daily: A site full of information about diabetes everything. Tips are shared about diabetes management and this online community helps encourage each other in living healthier.
http://www.diabetesdaily.com/
7) I'm Too Young For This! : A blog for cancer patients ages 15-40 who need some support, information, or just need to be understood.
http://stupidcancer.com/
8) The Health Care Blog: This blog focuses on policy, politics, and corporate aspects of the health care system in the U.S.. and major changes that have taken place.
http://thehealthcareblog.com/
9) The Medicine Hunter: Chris Kilham, an expert on natural and traditional medical treatments, blogs about foods that give you energy and spices that get you in the mood, and much much more.
http://www.medicinehunter.com/
10) The Svelte Gourmet: Jenny Fox, a reformed yo-yo dieter, shares new foods and spices, which allows her to lose weight by preparing food she loves in healthy ways and in healthy proportions.
http://www.thesveltegourmet.com/
http://medgadget.com/
2) Mind of the News: Dr. Keith Ablo's blog. He is a Fox News medical a-team member and a top psychologist. He takes a look at the psychology behind news stories, celebrity scandals, and politics.
http://http://www.foxnews.com/health/index.html
3) Former Fat Guy Weight Loss Blog: Rob Cooper a former cab driver who gained almost 500 lbs and then had a heart attack. This blog is all about how Rob lives a healthy lifestyle, how he lost 300 lbs and gained 50 lbs of muscle. How did he do it? Through a "natural system of health" including whole foods and walking 20 mins a day.
http://www.formerfatguy.com/
4) Beauty Crazed: Two girls from Toronto, Canada review products, and fashion, and tell you which are the best for your health and skin, and ones you can make on your own.
http://www.beautycrazed.ca/
5) Green Your World: Dierdre Imus gives green living tips including fun recipes to make with kids and environmental research.
6) Diabetes Daily: A site full of information about diabetes everything. Tips are shared about diabetes management and this online community helps encourage each other in living healthier.
http://www.diabetesdaily.com/
7) I'm Too Young For This! : A blog for cancer patients ages 15-40 who need some support, information, or just need to be understood.
http://stupidcancer.com/
8) The Health Care Blog: This blog focuses on policy, politics, and corporate aspects of the health care system in the U.S.. and major changes that have taken place.
http://thehealthcareblog.com/
9) The Medicine Hunter: Chris Kilham, an expert on natural and traditional medical treatments, blogs about foods that give you energy and spices that get you in the mood, and much much more.
http://www.medicinehunter.com/
10) The Svelte Gourmet: Jenny Fox, a reformed yo-yo dieter, shares new foods and spices, which allows her to lose weight by preparing food she loves in healthy ways and in healthy proportions.
http://www.thesveltegourmet.com/
Finding The Right Health Blog For You!
So when trying to find out which blog to follow, the first question you may ask is where do I start?
A good way to start is knowing what aspect of health you want to read about or know more about.
If you don't know there are more than 50 blogs about health and health promotion to help get you started.
The Top 50 Health Promotion Blogs:
http://www.mastersinhealthpromotion.com/top-50-health-promotion-blogs.html
You can follow a Blog on just about anything that has to do with Health. It does give you a lot of support knowing that others have the same questions/answers, concerns, and suggestions about health as you do. It provides a way to get people together and involved :)
A good way to start is knowing what aspect of health you want to read about or know more about.
If you don't know there are more than 50 blogs about health and health promotion to help get you started.
The Top 50 Health Promotion Blogs:
http://www.mastersinhealthpromotion.com/top-50-health-promotion-blogs.html
You can follow a Blog on just about anything that has to do with Health. It does give you a lot of support knowing that others have the same questions/answers, concerns, and suggestions about health as you do. It provides a way to get people together and involved :)
Popular Blogs
So blogging is great! Let's start with some very popular blogs. Like this one! :D
And this other popular Mormon blog.
Going HERE will show you a group of the best and most popular blogging sites.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Blogger's Code of Conduct
1. Take responsibility not just for your own words, but for the comments you allow on your blog.
2. Label your tolerance level for abusive comments.
3. Consider eliminating anonymous comments.
4. Ignore the trolls.
5. Take the conversation offline, and talk directly, or find an intermediary who can do so.
6. If you know someone who is behaving badly, tell them so.
7. Don't say anything online that you wouldn't say in person.
Blogging: My experience
This blog is the result of my first blogging experience. It was fairly easy to set up and get started. I'm not a very technologically savvy person so I'm still trying to figure everything out, but for the most part I feel that pretty much anyone who knows how to use a computer and can follow simple instructions can create and maintain their very own blog.
When you start a blog you will first be prompted to create a blog title and a blog address (URL). Next you are asked to select a starter template from a list of options they provide (this can be later customized with the Template Designer). Then you get to customize how your blog looks (templates, backgrounds, adjust widths, layout, text etc.) Finally, click on the apply to blog button and start blogging :)
When you start a blog you will first be prompted to create a blog title and a blog address (URL). Next you are asked to select a starter template from a list of options they provide (this can be later customized with the Template Designer). Then you get to customize how your blog looks (templates, backgrounds, adjust widths, layout, text etc.) Finally, click on the apply to blog button and start blogging :)
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