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“They come from the same community”

June 13, 2017 By Susannah Fox 3 Comments

Long fingers circling a wrist

I often share links on Twitter, but without the context I’d love to give to each one. A few recent stories of the power of peer connection around health and well-being: Washington Post: Butterfly babies : A rare disease makes these young girls’ skin break and peel at the slightest touch, like a butterfly’s wings As […]

Filed Under: peer-to-peer health care Tagged With: Flickr, India, mental health, npr, peer counseling, Rare Disease, rare diseases, Washington Post, Youtube

Social Media’s Promise for Public Health

August 18, 2009 By Susannah Fox 39 Comments

Federal agencies can, and should, be the first responders to health questions. Social media can help. That’s my summary of presentations from last week’s National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing and Media conference, where I had the sense, once again, of a tribal meeting, but this one had the urgency of war council. The enemy […]

Filed Under: policy issues, positive patterns Tagged With: Air Demo, Alignright, Communication Marketing, connected health, Distributive Networks, Edge Of My Seat, Flickr, Flu Virus, Health Advocates, Health Communication, Health Marketing, Health Questions, Media Campaigns, Mexican Government, Myspace, Nall, patientslikeme, pew internet project, Public Health Campaigns, Salmonella Typhimurium, Second Life, Swine Flu, Tweets, Twitter, War Council, Yellowbrickroad

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