When you’re looking for health information, where do you turn? Do you make an appointment with your doctor? Ask friends and family? Consult WebMD?
A new survey from the National Research Corporation shows that more and more people are turning to online social networks like Facebook and YouTube for health information. In fact, 41% of the [...]
Posts Tagged 'Health Information Materials'
Why Google when you can Facebook?
Mar 07
by Lauren Belisle
Category: Research + Insights, Social Marketing, Social Media
Health Searches Online: Google, Yahoo!, Mobile, and Apps
Oct 21
by Lauren Belisle
Category: Media, Social Media
83 percent of Internet users have looked for health or medical information online, according to 2009 research from the Pew Internet & American Life Project. New research, released by Pew on Monday, shows that the use of cell phones to look up health or medical information is growing: 17 percent of American adults have used [...]
Health Literacy and Patient Education Materials
Oct 07
by Michaela Thayer
Category: Best Practices, Social Marketing
Last week, I attended an American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) conference in Denver, Colorado. As an exhibitor, I discussed materials needs with hundreds of physicians from all around the country. Although my various conversations were spread out over a number of different health conditions, there was one commonality in every exchange I had. The [...]
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