On Friday, March 22, 2013, the New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute, the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, and the New York Academy of Sciences, will present a one-day conference Health 2.0: Digital Technology in Clinical Care to discuss emerging digital tools and strategies and their impact on health care, particularly related to HIV/AIDS…
Health 2.0: Digital Technology in Clinical Care
February 25, 2013 • 0 comments • By Sonja Noring, MA, Office of the Medical Director, AIDS Institute, New York State Department of Health
Stories that Change Behavior
May 29, 2012 • 0 comments • By Sonja Noring, MA, Office of the Medical Director, AIDS Institute, New York State Department of Health
Heard any good stories about HIV or STIs lately? Told any? What makes a good story? Dr. William Smith, Editor of Social Marketing Quarterly, asked about 20 invited participants at a May 18, 2012 workshop, “Telling Stories to Fight STIs and HIV/AIDS,” to consider the elements of a good story and then use them to…
Communications Technology in Public Health
January 10, 2012 • 1 comment • By Sonja Noring, MA, Office of the Medical Director, AIDS Institute, New York State Department of Health
The AIDS Institute of the New York State Department of Health , in partnership with AIDS.gov, held its second Forum on social media and HIV/STIs – which now qualifies as an annual event — on December 8, 2011. This year, the Forum “Social Media: Going Viral Against HIV and STIs” was subtitled “Communications Technology in…
New York AIDS Institute Facebook Town Hall
December 27, 2011 • 0 comments • By Sonja Noring, MA, Office of the Medical Director, AIDS Institute, New York State Department of Health
World AIDS Day 2011 in New York was marked by another event using social media against HIV and STDs. The New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute conducted a one-hour Facebook/Live Town Hall in which young people were invited to ask and post questions about HIV, STDs, sexual health, and substance use. Answers came…