4273.0 Social Media Exposure and Health Behaviors (organized by HCWG)

Tuesday, October 30, 2012: 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
This session will examine how social media activities - including Twitter, online social networking, and webinars - can influence health attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors.
Session Objectives: 1. Explain how individuals are using social media activities to share health information. 2. Identify creative media strategies for reaching individuals and influencing health behaviors. 3. Evaluate the effectiveness of new media interventions and educational programs.
Organizer:
Laura Miller, PhD
Moderator:
Renata Schiavo, PhD, MA

Board 1
Literature Review of Internet Interventions Across Health Behaviors - Intervention Characteristics, Framework, Recruitment Strategies, and Outcomes
Su-I. Hou, DrPH, CPH, MCHES, RN and Su-Anne Charlery, BA, MPH
Board 2
Evaluation of The Employer Webinar: “Why You Should Hire a Certified Health Education Specialist?”
Beth Chaney, PhD, MCHES, Melissa A. Rehrig, MPH, MCHES, Audrey Shively, MSHSE, MCHES and Enmanuel Chavarria, MS
Board 3
Fostering Collaboration Through On-going Twitter Chats
Melissa Beaupierre, MPH, CPH, Cynthia Newcomer and F. E. Harrison, MBA, PMP
Board 4
Prevalence of cyberbullying and overcoming digitally abusive behaviors
Behjat A. Sharif, PhD, MCHES
Board 5
Buzz on social network sites to promote leisure-time physical activity among college students: Fad or fabulous?
Ni Zhang, Shelly Campo, PhD, Kathleen Janz, EdD, Linda Snetselaar, PhD, RD, Petya Eckler, PhD and Jingzhen Yang, PhD, MPH
Board 6
Using peer group identification to increase the effectiveness of anti-smoking ads aimed at adolescents
Meghan Bridgid Moran, PhD and Steve Sussman, PhD, FAAHB, FAPA
Board 7
Adolescent Social Influences and Smoking: A new framework through the lens of Social Media
Grace Huang, MPH, Dena Rifahie and Thomas W. Valente, PhD
     
Board 8
Strengthening community capacity to prevent underage drinking with new technologies
William Beard
     
Board 9
Investing in usability testing to create dynamic educational materials for minority audiences: The story of the Anyone Can Get Skin Cancer brochure
Amanda Kraiger, MHS, Silvia Inez Salazar, MPA, Saloni Nayar, MPH, Jennifer K. Loukissas, MPP, Porcia B. Love, MD, Mary C. Fraser, RN, MA and Margaret A. Tucker, MD

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Public Health Education and Health Promotion
Endorsed by: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs

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