the mobile social present
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Pew Internet data about mobile internet access, social media, and their implications for health in the US, particularly for HIV/STI advocates. Presented to a workshop at the National Library of Medicine on December 10, 2012.TRANSCRIPT
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The Mobile, Social Present(and what it means for the future)
@SusannahFox@PewInternet
Mobile• 85% of U.S. adults own a cell phone (half own
smartphones)• 31% of cell phone owners look up health info on their
phones (esp. true among Latinos and African Americans)• 1 in 5 smartphone owners has a health app• Most popular health app categories:
– Exercise/fitness– Diet/food – Weight– Watch out for outliers, though
@SusannahFox 2Pew Internet/California HealthCare Foundation survey
@SusannahFox 3Pew Internet surveys
Social
• 85% of U.S. adults use the internet• 66% of internet users say they use a social
networking site like Facebook or LinkedIn• Search is still the starting point for 8 in 10 internet
users looking for health information• 1 in 5 internet users have gone online to find
someone who shares their health concerns (1 in 4 of those who live with a chronic condition)
@SusannahFox 4Pew Internet/California HealthCare Foundation survey
How HIV organizations use new media:
• 87% to provide information
• 85% to promote their own organization
• 79% to encourage behavior change
• 71% to engage with clients
@SusannahFox 5
- National Minority AIDS Council 2012 survey
THANK YOU!Susannah FoxPew Internet & American Life Projecthttp://[email protected]@SusannahFox
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