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Social Media: Going Viral Against HIV and STIs

December 6, 2010 • 2 comments • By Cheryl Smith, MD, Associate Medical Director for Clinical Careand Services, New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute
Social Media. Going viral Against HIV and STIs

The New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute, in partnership with AIDS.gov and the New York State Clinical Education Initiative Exit Disclaimer, is hosting Social Media: Going Viral Against HIV and STIs Exit Disclaimer tomorrow, December 7, 2010, at New York University’s Kimmel Center Exit Disclaimer. Improved integration of social media in HIV and STI prevention and care is the principal goal of this one-day forum.

Going Viral brings together presenters Exit Disclaimer from the public, private and not-for-profit sectors with expertise in social media planning, implementation and evaluation. This at-capacity event will be webcast and you can submit comments or questions online (note: a simple registration Exit Disclaimer is required). And we encourage you to tweet and blog about the event (whether you’re attending in-person or virtually)!

And check out the Going Viral website’s resources Exit Disclaimer page, which includes a catalog of organizations in New York State with an HIV or STI focus that are already using social media. We anticipate that this listing will become more substantial over time — perhaps with Going Viral being a catalyst for this expanding, strategic use of social media tools. Stay tuned!

Related posts:

  1. Experimenting in the Social Media Lab at the CDC HIV Prevention Conference
  2. Pew Internet & American Life Project: Leveraging Social Media and the Mobile Internet in Health Messaging
  3. IAC 2010 Session: HIV/AIDS in the Information Age — How Digital Media Can Fight the Epidemic
  4. New Media Use at the New York State Department of Health’s AIDS Institute
  5. A Wake-up Call for All of Us: How Can New Media Help?

Comments

  1. Felix Sirls says:
    December 6, 2010 at 5:04 pm

    This is truly a wonderful event. I find that the information put out must be repeated over and over for the public to get it. So many mixed messages and incorrect info. Short statements like ( ITS A GET IN NOT GET ON YOU VIRUS ) ( THE CURE IS KNOWLEDGE )

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  2. Jeanne Harris says:
    December 6, 2010 at 7:14 pm

    I am an HIV/AIDS Educator engaged in awareness, education, outreach/prevention activities and I think its great to use all tools, outlets, etc available to get the word out- this disease lives on!

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