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Public Health and Social Media: Catching Fire From Small Sparks

July 24, 2013July 24, 2013 Cameron D. Norman 284 Views Andre Picard, Cameron Norman, CENSE Research + Design, Globe and Mail, health communications, health promotion, Jenny McCarthy, journalism, knowledge transfer, Marshall McLuhan, media, media ecology, network theory, population health, public engagement, research, social media, social networks, Toronto, Toronto Public Health, Twitter, vaccination, youth

Public health is regrettably not a field that I often think of when I consider powerful examples of using social

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Design and Health Promotion

March 5, 2011March 5, 2011 Cameron D. Norman 138 Views design, food security, health promotion, public engagement, public health, tobacco control

Complex problems like chronic disease, health inequity, access to health care, civic engagement, global migration, and food security are ones that require a diverse set of perspectives, abductive (design) thinking, systems perspectives and ways to bring them all together. Design is a way to do that. Health promotion, rather than health care is the focus that will get us from treating problems to developing solutions.

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Social Media / Social Activism

October 12, 2010October 12, 2010 Cameron D. Norman 131 Views activism, collective action, Facebook, Malcolm Gladwell, public engagement, social innovation, social media, Twitter

If we continue to view social media as working/not working, good/bad, real/fake we start to miss the point that these tools and technologies are doing something and are supporting real people, some of whom are doing a lot; to dismiss that is to risk squashing the spirit and potential that we all have to advocate and participate in change.

Adapting the Blue Ocean Strategy Framework for social innovation, healthcare and social sector organizations -- a t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 hour ago
It's funny how the art and science of timing your posts and news announcements goes entirely out the window with al… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 4 hours ago
"There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important thing." —@BrianTracy 4 hours ago
“If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.” — Steve Jobs 4 hours ago
Simulations and scenarios are powerful tools for design and, as this example shows, can offer pathways to hope wher… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 4 hours ago
"Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful." —Joshua J. Marine 21 hours ago

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