213355 Praxis: Health literacy and new media lessons learned and best practices

Tuesday, November 10, 2009: 1:10 PM

Sean Arayasirikul, MSPH, CHES , Health Communication and eHealth Team, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, US Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD
Ana Tellez, BA , Office of Disease Prevention & Health Promotion (ODPHP), Office of Public Health and Science, Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD
ODPHP initiatives have incorporated the use of new media and internet technologies, such as widgets, online communities, blogs, etc. to promote the Physical Activity Guidlelines 2008, the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and in www.healthfinder.gov, a government website focused on prevention. Best practices and lessons learned as a result of implementing these initiatives and products will be presented and discussed.

Learning Objectives:
Describe lessons learned from the development of the Physical Activity Guidelines 2008. Name two internet technologies use to promote the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Discuss how to use www.healthfinder.gov, a government website focused on prevention information.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am the Health Literacy Fellow who is taking an active role in the production of the draft National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy, a member of the HHS Health Literacy Workgroup, a team member of the Health Communication and Health IT Workgroup leadership for Healthy People 2020, and a member of the team at the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) that develops and manages the website, www.healthfinder.gov.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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