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Communication 2.0: Increasing information reach and impact through new media and public engagement

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Communication 2.0: Increasing Information Reach and Impact through

New Media and Public Engagement

Jay M. Bernhardt, PhD, MPH

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Health Professionals

– 1,000+ Health Departments

– 1,000+ Partner Organizations

The “Public”

– 300+ million Americans

– Populations in 50+ countries

Policy Makers & Stakeholders

CDC’s Diverse Audiences

Where do they get their health info?

How many screens do they see?

http://www.curcuitcity.com

How many channels do they watch?

http://www.paintmyweb.com/images/web-logos.jpg

In today’s world, the average informed person reads or listens to seven sources of information

daily (Pew, 2008)

CDC Goal: Provide information to our target audiences (public, professionals,

policymakers) when, where, and how they want and need it

to inform healthy and safe decisions

Where do they go online?

“We have reached an important juncture, where

the lack of trust in established institutions and

figures of authority has motivated people to trust their peers as the best

sources of information.”

--Richard Edelman, President and CEO, Edelman. Source: http://www.edelman.com/news/showone.asp?id=102

The Power of Peer Influence

Social Media and Decision Making

Blogging & Engaging Bloggers

Micro-Blogging

Social Networks & Partnerships

Streaming Video, Audio, Images

Virtual Worlds: Second Life

User Generated Content: eCards

The Future of Health is Mobile

“Mobile users are inseparable from their devices… And as these devices become more

capable, they are evolving into extensions of users’ desktops and home communications

and entertainment systems.”

From: eMarketer, Mobile Users and Usage: It’s Personal, Accessed on November 4, 2009 at http://www.emarketer.com/Reports/All/Emarketer

_2000589.aspx

Average number of hours per day mobile phones are within arm’s reach:

19 hours(From: Pew Internet & American Life Project, The Social Life of Health

Information, Accesed September 10, 2009 ttp://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/8-The-Social-Life-of-Health-Information.aspx

)

Mobile Health (mHealth)

“…The CDC is clearly making an effort to provide site visitors with multiple ways and formats

to consume this serious content, from video explan-ations to podcasts featuring

health domain experts…

…So yes, swallow your pride. We can learn from the ‘big, fat,

impenetrably slow and bureaucratic’ agencies out there. Suck it up and take

action.”

-- Pete Blackshaw Advertising Age

Feedback from Experts

Health Communication 2.0

CDC Goal: Provide information to our target audiences when, where, and how they want and need it to inform healthy

and safe decisions

Provide information where people are

Provide information that is highly relevant

Encourage people to interact with the information

Encourage people to share the information

Thank you

Web: http://www.cdc.gov/socialmedia

Metrics: http://www.cdc.gov/metrics

Blog: http://blogs.cdc.gov/healthmarketingmusings

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jaybernhardt

Email: jbernhardt@cdc.gov

This presentation is the opinion of the author and does not necessarily represent the official position of CDC or HHS.