16th Ontario Health Promotion Summer School - eHealth Promotion: Connecting Communities and Resources in the 21st Century
Summer School Theme: eHealth Promotion: Connecting Communities and Resources in the 21st Century
July 8 - 10th, 2009. Early bird fees until May 9th, 2009.
http://www.utoronto.ca/chp/hpss/generalinfo.html
Information and communications technologies have evolved quickly over the last ten years. As a result, health promotion practitioners can reach out to phenomenal numbers of people across great geographical regions in real time and engage them in ways never imagined before.
At HPSS 2009 we will explore how we can sustain a human component in our use of technology, the opportunities as well as the pitfalls and challenges posed by eHealth. HPSS 2009 will provide an exciting opportunity to learn more about interactive technologies, photovoice, Facebook, virtual libraries, portals, databases, information systems, evaluation tools, and more. We will explore the ways in which technology can help us improve our work with people, the eHealth literacy skills we need, the health effects, Web-based tools for research and evaluation, how we can engage electronic networks for social support, and the latest in health education methods using information technology.
Participants will be able to return to their workplaces having learned how to stay ahead or at least 'keep up with' new technologies before the next generation of people and technology get ahead of us again.