Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World

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Internet and Technology

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    What’s the point of Health 2.0?

    I believe that, although very few people engage with their health on a daily or even weekly basis, it is important to understand what they do when their attention is focused on a health question.

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    Federal Agencies: First Responders to Health Questions

    Susannah Fox will provide data on the current internet population, with a particular focus on health communication, wireless adoption, social media, and implications for public health planning.

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    Four in ten seniors go online

    38% of adults age 65 and older go online, a significantly lower rate of adoption than the general population (74%).

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    Strategic Learning for Health Care in 2010

    Social media is simply the current expression of patient activation and engagement. But this time e-patients are part of a larger cultural change that assumes access to information, enables communication among disparate groups, and expects progress.

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    Latinos Online, 2006-2008

    64% of Latino adults ages 18 and older used the internet in 2008, compared with 54% of Latinos in 2006.

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    Teens and Sexting

    How and why minor teens are sending sexually suggestive nude or nearly nude images via text messaging.

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    Teens and Sexting

    4% of cell-owners ages 12 to 17 have sent sexually suggestive images of themselves by phone; 15% of cell owners that age have received “sexts” containing images of someone they know.