Dalla Lana School of Public Health

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The Digital & Sexual Health initiative at British Columbia Centre for disease control and the University of British Columbia is hosting a series of workshops on Digital Public Health this May through July. The seminar series will consist of 4 modules. As a participant, you will have an opportunity to actively interact with speakers from across the world and engage with key concepts through scenarios based on the speakers’ real-world experiences. Find information and registration link for each session below.

This is the second session

Digital Health Promotion

Summary:

The presentation will provide an overview of modern tools for public health promotion including social media, mobile apps, and other online education channels, describe strategies to ensure effective communication using such media for various target populations and explore the risk of misinformation and disinformation. You will interact with speakers from across Canada in this session. This workshop will explore real-world problems with designing health promotion campaigns using digital media and identify strategies to ensure effective public health communication. Participants will gain skills for effective public health promotion and communication using digital technologies.

Speakers:

Francisco Ibanez-Carrasco, Assistant professor, in Learning Innovations at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto and member of The Canada-International HIV and Rehabilitation Research Collaborative (CIHRRC).
Mark Gilbert, Associate Professor, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia and Public health physician at British Columbia Centre for Disease Control. He holds an Applied Public Health Chair related to improving STBBI testing systems.
Ian Roe, Co-Founder, I Boost Immunity and Kids Boost Immunity, Content Strategist, Communicable Disease and Immunization Service at British Columbia Centre for Disease Control
Heather Pedersen, Online Sexual Health Manager, Clinical Prevention Services, British Columbia Centre for Disease Control

Download: seminar series poster