Last week, the new media, technology and health worlds were abuzz with news that the National Healthy Babies, Healthy Mothers Coalition and a range of government and private sector partners had launched Text4Baby. This initiative is designed to reduce infant mortality and premature birth rates among poor and minority women. What really captured people’s attention [...]
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Alexandra Rampy’s (a.k.a Social Butterfly) recent blog post, Why Advocacy Is an Important Social Marketing Tool inspired me to write about the topic of advocacy in public health. I have always been rather fond of the Social Ecological Model, which recognizes community and societal influences on the individual.
Humans are complex social creatures and do not [...]
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Microsoft recently launched its H1N1 Response Center online, and I had the chance to speak with David Cerino, General Manager of Microsoft Health Solutions Group (the man from HealthVault) and Arthur Kellermann, MD, Professor of Emergency Medicine and Associate Dean at Emory School of Medicine, about this new creation at the time of launch about [...]
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Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, THINK-Health and the Health Populi blog
The U.S. spends $2.2 trillion on health care each year. About $3 of every $4 spent on health care in America goes to caring for chronic conditions such as hypertension, heart disease, and diabetes. Though the U.S. spends more per capita on health, the return we get on [...]
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