Health Education in the 21st Century: Embracing Web-based and Emerging Technologies

Thursday, April 16, 2009
3:00 - 4:30 pm (Eastern)
2:00 - 3:30 pm (Central)
1:00 - 2:30 pm (Mountain)
12:00 - 1:30 pm (Pacific)

The April installment of the Emerging Issues in Maternal and Child Health (E-MCH) Series is Health Education in the 21st Century: Embracing Web-based and Emerging Technologies.

Given the importance and popularity of the Internet in youth culture, local health departments and other youth-serving organizations have many exciting opportunities to reach youth using technology. The goal of this webcast is to highlight innovative ways organizations are reaching youth with health messages. This webcast will provide an overview of social media tools and highlight examples from several youth-led and youth-inspired initiatives. Participants will learn about the changing face of health education and how local health departments can use social networking sites such as YouTube, Facebook, and MySpace to connect with youth.

Speakers:
Debra Eschmeyer
Kellogg Food and Society Policy Fellow
National Farm to School Network
Center for Food and Justice, Urban and Environmental
Policy Institute, Occidental College

Bob Janssen
Health Services Manager
Pinellas County Health Department

Ernestine Heldring
Education and Outreach Manager
Scenarios USA

Register at:

https://cc.readytalk.com/r/36uslakilqg

Listen to the call at: https://cc.readytalk.com/play?id=hr7zbj