Healthy Harlem: empowering health consumers through social networking, tailoring and web 2.0 technologies

AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2007 Oct 11:1007.

Abstract

Consumer health informatics has emerged as a strategy to inform and empower patients for self management of their health. The emergence of and explosion in use of user-generated online media (e.g.,blogs) has created new opportunities to inform and educate people about healthy living. Under a prevention research project, we are developing a website that utilizes social content collaboration mediums in conjunction with open-source technologies to create a community-driven resource that provides users with tailored health information.

MeSH terms

  • Consumer Health Information*
  • Health Promotion / methods*
  • Humans
  • Information Dissemination
  • Internet*
  • New York City
  • Social Support*