---
title: "Social Media’s Promise for Public Health"
description: "Participation Powers Prevention was the theme of the National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing & Media. Susannah Fox presented the latest data on social media and health care."
date: "2009-08-13"
authors:
  - name: "Susannah Fox"
    job_title: "Former Researcher"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/susannah-fox/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2009/08/13/social-medias-promise-for-public-health/"
categories:
  - "Health Care"
  - "Healthcare Online"
  - "Mobile"
  - "Social Media"
---

# Social Media’s Promise for Public Health

Participation Powers Prevention is the theme of the [National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing & Media](http://www.cdc.gov/HealthMarketing/NCHCMM2009/), sponsored by the National Center for Health Marketing, Coordinating Center for Health Information and Service, and the Office of Enterprise Communication, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, the National Cancer Institute and the National Public Health Information Coalition.

Susannah Fox presented the latest data on social media and health care, using examples from [PatientsLikeMe](http://www.patientslikeme.com/) and the [Center for Connected Health](http://www.connected-health.org/). Read her [summary ](http://e-patients.net/archives/2009/08/social-medias-promise-for-public-health.html)of the conference, along with the full text of her remarks.

http://www.slideshare.net/PewInternet/social-medias-promise-for-public-health