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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
Peggy Hines, MA, Office of Career Education, Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University, 1525 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 31061, 4047273358, mhines2@sph.emory.edu
In April 1994 Netscape launched its web browser, allowing point-and-click access to the Internet through the new “world wide web’—soon to be shortened to ‘the web.’ By October Netscape was being widely distributed and web use is increasing exponentially, jumping from 16 million worldwide users in 1995 to 46 million in 1996; today an estimated 513.4 million are online. The dissemination and use of Netscape and other browsers has transformed the way we seek information, present information, communicate, learn and build relationships.
In response to this ‘cyberwave’ educational standards and funding are also changing, which is likely to further change information and communication expectations. As technology is continually infused into our daily lives and our population as a whole becomes more computer/web savvy, these changes and increased public expectations will have significant implications for health communications, public health educators and other public health professionals.
This presentation will reveal trends in web usage, information access patterns, predictions for how populations will likely be using the web for communication, community building and learning, and how this will effect health communications, health educators, and the changing roles of schools of public health in the future.
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Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.