The internet provides access not only to information, but also to each other, and Pew Internet’s research documents how this has transformed the health communications landscape over the last 10 years.
Mobile health technology is being used to reach adolescent populations from different cultural backgrounds. Susannah Fox will add Pew Internet’s data about health, mobile, and teens to the discussion.
The internet does not replace health professionals, but rather provides a way for people to gather and share information in a rapid-learning system that can best be described as “participatory medicine.”