• The NOFO seeks to increase equitable delivery of tobacco prevention strategies and related interventions to advance health equity by addressing social determinants of health. (cdc.gov)
  • Establishing, administering, and managing a virtual/hybrid Community of Practice that focuses on the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH). (cdc.gov)
  • CDC-RFA-DP-23-0015: CDC's National Networks Driving Action: Preventing Tobacco- and Cancer-Related Health Disparities by Building Equitable Communities supports a consortium of national organizations to advance the prevention of commercial tobacco use and cancer in populations experiencing tobacco- and cancer-related health disparities. (cdc.gov)
  • The South Carolina Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network (SC-CPCRN) is 1 of 10 networks funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) that works to reduce cancer-related health disparities. (cdc.gov)
  • We describe the innovative stakeholder- and community-driven communication efforts conducted by the SC-CPCRN to improve overall health and reduce cancer-related health disparities among high-risk and disparate populations in South Carolina. (cdc.gov)
  • The main goals of the South Carolina CPCRN (SC-CPCRN) are to disseminate, implement, and evaluate public health programs and interventions to address cancer-related health disparities, and to engage community partners and stakeholders to increase the cancer prevention and control evidence base with the intention of increasing cancer screenings, physical activity, and access to and consumption of healthful foods among high-risk and disparate populations (6,7). (cdc.gov)
  • Our community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach increases the validity and relevance of our work, ultimately providing all stakeholders with valuable information about strategies and programming for improving health and reducing cancer-related health disparities (9-12). (cdc.gov)
  • We present the innovative communication efforts being conducted and evaluated by the SC-CPCRN for improving overall health and reducing cancer-related health disparities among high-risk and disparate populations across the state, in particular within African-American and rural communities. (cdc.gov)
  • It is important to reach out and pull in key opinion leaders and community stakeholders. (cdc.gov)
  • The CN Summit was also an opportunity to network with different stakeholders and identify areas for collaboration. (internetsociety.org)
  • In partnership with federally qualified health centers and community stakeholders, the SC-CPCRN uses evidence-based approaches (eg, NCI Research-tested Intervention Programs) to disseminate and implement cancer prevention and control messages, programs, and interventions. (cdc.gov)
  • I just asked my friends on Twitter what their first social network was (see their responses) , and most gave a varying degree of responses of web based communities, a few claimed early BBS systems -I didn't see anyone claim email. (web-strategist.com)
  • Twitter, currently rebranding to X, is an online social media and social networking service operated by the American company X Corp., the successor of Twitter, Inc. (alternativeto.net)
  • Once Tom understood the power of Twitter connections and hashtags, his Twitter network grew exponentially, and today he has over 70,000 followers on the platform. (crisisprevention.com)
  • Social networking tools such as Twitter and the emerging Google Wave web application are taking businesses to the frontiers of real-time communication and collaboration. (upenn.edu)
  • In 2005, Tom became aware of how he could leverage his hands-on experience through social media, specifically through the LinkedIn platform. (crisisprevention.com)
  • Typically, learning about a community requires a variety of approaches, including gathering existing data and generating new information, combining qualitative and quantitative data, and incorporating the perspectives of a broad spectrum of individuals, organizations, and groups. (cdc.gov)
  • Wireless community networks or wireless community projects or simply community networks, are non-centralized, self-managed and collaborative networks organized in a grassroots fashion by communities, non-governmental organizations and cooperatives in order to provide a viable alternative to municipal wireless networks for consumers. (wikipedia.org)
  • Many of these organizations set up wireless mesh networks which rely primarily on sharing of unmetered residential and business DSL and cable Internet. (wikipedia.org)
  • Various organizations and social networks now offer smartphone apps that allow users to report thefts and break-ins, share crime-prevention tips, find missing pets, and even submit photos, video, audio, and locations of suspicious activity. (mentalfloss.com)
  • According to Shellen - who was part of the development teams for Google's blogging program and Reader aggregator service - before social networking tools enabled quick and casual communication, many bloggers in corporate organizations had "some KM tool where you captured the knowledge in the tool's silo and assigned all sorts of tags, folders and so on to it. (upenn.edu)
  • Social networking is easing some of the frustration users in many organizations have encountered with traditional KM systems. (upenn.edu)
  • During public health emergencies, response organizations share advice with affected communities to help them reduce harm and even save lives. (cdc.gov)
  • Private companies and community organizations can also help with insurance filing and finding money to pay for expenses. (medlineplus.gov)
  • A cluster of tuberculosis cases in a rural community in Arkansas persisted from 1991 to 1999. (cdc.gov)
  • Existing social networks can be effective and efficient platforms for efforts in community engagement if they reach people who are central to these efforts and if their members share the goals of the engagement efforts. (cdc.gov)
  • When I started my path as an analyst covering social technologies, I was mainly briefed by social networks like MySpace, Facebook and Community Platforms. (web-strategist.com)
  • I address topics such cultural and identity politics, civic engagement and activism, documentation of pressing social issues, and different platforms and institutions involved in photography and documentary film such as art institutions, photo and film festivals. (lu.se)
  • People also make the mistake that Facebook is the largest social network to date, in reality, the largest social networks are email. (web-strategist.com)
  • Well if you agree that Facebook, a private community of your friends is a social network, then so is email. (web-strategist.com)
  • But, those kids who have protective parents are probably not anywhere near Facebook, but that doesn't mean that there isn't a market for those kids who don't use "adult" social networks. (r-tt.com)
  • I became a lot more conservative in choosing my friends in Facebook (as broken down in the chart below) with a few exceptions because Facebook is starting to blend in with my social media enthusiasm. (techipedia.com)
  • However, I joined MySpace in 2006 to network with individuals who refused to use Facebook and to return to my liberal ways of accepting a lot more friend requests than I normally would. (techipedia.com)
  • To understand how patients ' use of photo-elicitation and online social networks (Facebook) enhances their understanding of what it means to live with pain . (bvsalud.org)
  • The Asia-Pacific Regional Community Networks (CN) Summit 2019 was held in Bangkok, Thailand on 29 August 2019. (internetsociety.org)
  • 2 https://www.who.int/ageing/commit-action/measuring-progress/en/, (accessed 11 November 2019). (who.int)
  • Learning about a community, whether it is defined geographically or by a common interest (for example, a health condition or disease) means knowing the community's cultures and institutions, its capabilities and assets, and its health needs and challenges. (cdc.gov)
  • Understanding a community's social networks is essential because of their potential to affect population health. (cdc.gov)
  • By providing a way of describing the diversity of networks and a set of tools for visually representing and quantifying the characteristics of a network, SNA can help partners understand a community's networks and track how they grow and change over time. (cdc.gov)
  • We also show that knowledge of the time commitment of members to a given community can be used for estimating the community's lifetime. (nature.com)
  • Chapter 4 outlined four practice elements for development of a constituency (know the community, establish strategies, build networks, and mobilize communities) and used them to conceptualize the tasks of community engagement (Hatcher et al. (cdc.gov)
  • In June 2000, Melbourne Wireless Inc. was established in Melbourne Australia as a not-for-profit project to establish a metropolitan area wireless network using off-the-shelf 802.11 wireless equipment. (wikipedia.org)
  • After noticing that a large number of children were being seen for treatment of dog bites, the investigator identified social networks such as dog owners, school crossing guards, and neighborhood associations and engaged them in understanding the problem, defining workable solutions, and mobilizing the community to put these solutions into action (Pan et al. (cdc.gov)
  • citation needed] Wireless neighborhood networks were established by technology enthusiasts in the early 2000s. (wikipedia.org)
  • Protect your community during emergencies by organizing a neighborhood watch group. (mentalfloss.com)
  • Nine of the 11 linked mem- bers resided in the same area (neighborhood X) of a rural community (town Y, population 3,500). (cdc.gov)
  • Throughout the community engagement effort, relationships must be strengthened and new capacity for collective action developed. (cdc.gov)
  • They give social enterprises a collective voice with which to raise important issues at both a local and national level. (senscot.net)
  • Watts, D. J. & Strogatz, S. H. Collective dynamics of 'small-world' networks. (nature.com)
  • Visit UiB på LinkdIn .One of the world's largest professional networks, this can be used for following other people's careers, exploring job opportunities and comparing career paths. (uib.no)
  • Free online social media and network service connecting people with friends, family, classmates and more. (alternativeto.net)
  • Share it via a community message board, on social media, or at community meetings-or simply give your neighbors a call to tell them your doors are always open. (mentalfloss.com)
  • Tom's next step in building his outreach through social media was the development of a Personal Learning Network, or PLN: "Once we established Edchat, which is a weekly chat that educators get involved with, we started out probably with a thousand educators back then, involved in that chat, and then things just started growing from there. (crisisprevention.com)
  • Tom's latest blog at the time of this post is entitled "Can Educators Ignore Social Media Any Longer? (crisisprevention.com)
  • and it makes the case that "Education as a profession needs to recognize and accept the fact that we live in the 21st century and social media enables change that can happen much faster, and affect greater groups of people than any technology of the 20th century, including radio and television. (crisisprevention.com)
  • It comes with my social media maturity , I suppose. (techipedia.com)
  • I needed to differentiate Digg from social media because they actually are part of a distinctive community (and as you know, I'm very passionate about Digg so it really did deserve its own category). (techipedia.com)
  • The First Latin American Summit of Community Networks, held in Argentina in 2018, presented the following definition for the term "community network": "Community networks are networks collectively owned and managed by the community for non-profit and community purposes. (wikipedia.org)
  • Characteristic features of community evolution. (nature.com)
  • Evolution of four types of communities in the co-authorship network. (nature.com)
  • Evolution of the social network of scientific collaborations. (nature.com)
  • But the key word is "potential": Social networking's evolution is still in its early stages. (upenn.edu)
  • This entry was posted in Equity , Health disparities , Social determinants , Universal health coverage and tagged communities , Determinants , Health , quality of health , Social by Editor Equity/Equidad - DB . (bvsalud.org)
  • Furthermore, this paper highlights how Makti advocated textually defined Islamic codes of practice to safeguard 'Muslimness' and shape a new vision of a moral community for malayāḷi Muslims. (lu.se)
  • Building and sustaining networks of individuals and entities for community health improvement or research includes establishing and maintaining communication channels, exchanging resources, and coordinating collaborative activities. (cdc.gov)
  • KM systems were implemented through technologies such as web portals, e-mail networks, content management systems and business intelligence infrastructure. (upenn.edu)
  • The y tackle social problems, strengthen communities, work to improve outcomes and people's life chances and protect the environment. (senscot.net)
  • Social networks can also provide access to a community and generate knowledge of its characteristics. (cdc.gov)
  • The CN Summit was jointly organised by the Internet Society and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), and hosted by ESCAP in conjunction with the Third Session of the Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway (AP-IS) [1] Steering Committee at the United Nations Conference Centre. (internetsociety.org)
  • People often make the mistake that Friendster, Tribes, or some early social site was the first social network. (web-strategist.com)
  • In fact, Microsoft Live is already showing elements of the activity of your personal network right into the context of email. (web-strategist.com)
  • And sometimes our recommendations don't actually interesect with their culture or their context, their history or their politics, all the stuff that makes up community. (cdc.gov)
  • This paper offers a social history of the relationship between Islamic reform and malayāḷi Muslim in the context of colonial Kerala. (lu.se)
  • 2022) include `societal supported spread of infectious diseases' hidden sexuality, emotional dissatisfaction, social context, under the cover of cultures and traditions. (who.int)
  • A number of successful CN have emerged in the Asia-Pacific region as complementary access networks, providing Internet access where commercial networks do not find it economically viable to operate. (internetsociety.org)
  • 2008). In this chapter, we will use these four elements to describe the role and importance of social networks in community engagement. (cdc.gov)
  • These are "do-it-yourself" networks built by people for people. (internetsociety.org)
  • CN are built and operated by people in the community, for the community. (internetsociety.org)
  • You may also want to tell people in your community, at work, school, and religious community. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Online e-mails or social networks are a great way to update the people in your life. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Now, I'm starting to get briefed more and more by email marketing firms who are entering the social space, to appease their clients (email marketers) the first step is they are adding "Share this" (called Social Pollination ) type of features to direct email marketing pieces so friends can share emails with friends in social networks. (web-strategist.com)
  • YouWeb is described as 'The first social network focused on your way to experience the Web and interact with virtual friends, register your personalized address for free and let yourself be known by the rest of the world' and is a Social Network in the social & communications category. (alternativeto.net)
  • The first social network focused on your way to experience the Web and interact with virtual friends, register your. (alternativeto.net)
  • I was pretty liberal when choosing my friends, but the social networking phenomenon didn't take off and SixDegrees died. (techipedia.com)
  • FEMA's Community Emergency Response Team (CERTs) program-which is sponsored at the local level by elected officials or emergency management-teaches community members basic disaster-response skills, including fire safety, search and rescue initiatives, and emergency medical knowledge. (mentalfloss.com)
  • Our focus is on networks capturing the collaboration between scientists and the calls between mobile phone users. (nature.com)
  • Founded by Ben Laurie and others, Consume aimed to build a wireless infrastructure as alternative to the monopoly-held wired metropolitan area network. (wikipedia.org)
  • CompTIA Network+ helps take your IT infrastructure to the next level, covering troubleshooting, configuring and managing networks. (comptia.org)
  • Wireless community networks started out by turning wireless access points designed for short-range use in homes into multi-kilometre long-range Wi-Fi by building high-gain directional antennas. (wikipedia.org)
  • Food pantries are a vital resource during natural disasters, but not all communities have access to one. (mentalfloss.com)
  • Expect large email vendors like Google (Wave shows promise) Yahoo Mail, Microsoft Live to envelop the social experience. (web-strategist.com)
  • It was found that the significant bonds are concentrated in the family, in community/community project, and in friendships and work relationships, through emotional, material support, and cognitive guidance. (bvsalud.org)
  • Receive community news in real time from the most knowledgeable of sources-your neighbors. (mentalfloss.com)
  • Both obtaining knowledge about social networks and gathering knowledge from such networks are essential to the development of relevant strategies for health improvement. (cdc.gov)
  • The results of the network map represent health promotion indicators that allowed the development of work, income and leadership in women for the construction of life projects. (bvsalud.org)
  • The speakers emphasised the importance of CN for social and economic development and achieving the SDGs, and reiterated the objectives and expectations from the event. (internetsociety.org)
  • Mastodon is a Free and Open Source federated social network, made with a focus on more personal interaction. (alternativeto.net)
  • The Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network (CPCRN) is a national network of academic, public health, and community partners working collaboratively to reduce the burden of cancer, especially among disenfranchised and medically underserved populations (1). (cdc.gov)
  • Public health interventions are more effective when they expand beyond specific, isolated health-related behaviors to consider the broader social, contextual, and policy changes in the environment in which the interventions are being conducted (4,5). (cdc.gov)
  • Okay, so in my previous paragraph, I mention that you should be an early adopter of social networks. (techipedia.com)
  • We have just been doing a lot better at perfecting the social tools available recently. (web-strategist.com)
  • Here are some tips for keeping your community safe, connected, and supplied when tough times strike. (mentalfloss.com)
  • And I developed what was called The Educator's PLN, PLN standing for Personal Learning Network. (crisisprevention.com)
  • Edchat founder @Tomwhitby shares the secrets of building a powerful Personal Learning Network. (crisisprevention.com)
  • Social networks represent important groups of constituents in any community health planning initiative. (cdc.gov)
  • In the next few years, email and social networks will look the same -or be the same. (web-strategist.com)
  • In addition, social networks are a means of communication, creating a platform for sharing and discussing potential positions and strategies. (cdc.gov)
  • Ultimately, partners and their constituencies must be mobilized to take the actions that will lead to improved community health, and mobilization must be sustained through leadership, communication, and motivation. (cdc.gov)
  • Really the whole internet has been a vast social network from the get go, since Usenet got setup at Duke. (web-strategist.com)
  • One significant issue discussed was how social networking compared with knowledge management (KM). (upenn.edu)
  • Aside from these minor drawbacks, WoozIn promises to be a popular social site for both teens and parents. (r-tt.com)
  • This article aimed to map the significant social networks of women in a community project establishing relationships with health promotion. (bvsalud.org)
  • Three women participating in a community project in a city in the south of Brazil were interviewed. (bvsalud.org)
  • Ask community officials to organize an event that offers participants the chance to role-play various emergency strategies (or create them if they haven't done otherwise), and learn best practices for staying safe. (mentalfloss.com)
  • And I established that community for any educators interested in finding sources, in strategies to create a PLN, and that was called the Educator's PLN. (crisisprevention.com)
  • The mission of the CPCRN is to accelerate the adoption of evidence-based strategies for cancer prevention and control in communities through increased understanding of the dissemination and implementation (D&I) process. (cdc.gov)
  • In case you're out of the loop, Woozworld is a virtual community for teens and tweens. (r-tt.com)
  • Sarah Barnett, AMC Networks Entertainment Group president, will be leaving the company after Labor Day, she said today. (adweek.com)
  • We really needed to understand what was really going on, and that's what behavioral scientists do is we want to dissect and discover what it really, what's going on in communities because communities are smart. (cdc.gov)
  • It is only by bridging to the relevant networks that health care workers can learn about these traditional healers. (cdc.gov)
  • Unlike other vendor-specific networking certifications, CompTIA Network+ prepares candidates to support networks on any platform. (comptia.org)
  • Support for ActivityPub Mastodon support ActivityPub, a open and decentralized social network protocol. (alternativeto.net)
  • Such networks are useful, both for the social community, but also for making professional contacts. (uib.no)
  • Exploring Lived Experiences of Chronic Pain Through Photo-Elicitation and Social Networking. (bvsalud.org)
  • Department of Family and Community Medicine. (bvsalud.org)
  • Is there a network or association missing that you think should be included in the list? (uib.no)
  • Social network analysis (SNA) is a method that can be used to evaluate commu-nity engagement and assess communities. (cdc.gov)
  • Faust, K. in Models and Methods in Social Network Analysis (eds Carrington, P., Scott, J. & Wasserman, S.) Ch. 7 (Cambridge Univ. (nature.com)