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The Limits of Hashtag Activism | Celia Buckman - 0 views

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  • williamsk5 on 10 Oct 14
     
    Will retweeting a post like "I believe animal abuse is wrong, RT if you agree" actually make the tweet's readers go out and volunteer at their local shelter, or get more animal rights legislation in Congress passed? Probably not....
  • williamsk5 on 10 Oct 14
     
    Will retweeting a post like "I believe animal abuse is wrong, RT if you agree" actually make the tweet's readers go out and volunteer at their local shelter, or get more animal rights legislation in Congress passed? Probably not....
chavisja

Calling Students to Serve the Homeless - 0 views

www.tandfonline.com/...10437797.1997.10778860

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  • chavisja on 09 Oct 14
     
    Americans' participation in community and civic activities has declined over the last several decades. This article describes a project in which social work faculty, practitioners, and students cooperated to develop and implement a local, college-based community service project to house the homeless.
veaseybm

Using Survey Results Regarding Hepatitis B Knowledge, Community Awareness and Testing B... - 1 views

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shared by veaseybm on 05 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • aims to “turn San Francisco into the first hepatitis B free city in the nation” by: (1) creating public and healthcare provider awareness about the importance of testing and vaccinating Asians for hepatitis B, and referring those infected to appropriate care; (2) promoting routine hepatitis B testing and vaccination within the primary care medical community, often encouraging institutional changes to facilitate routine testing; and (3) ensuring access to treatment for chronically infected individuals.
  • FHBF’s many public awareness activities have been described in detail elsewhere and include in-person educational events, public service announcements through a host of media outlets, community events such as street fairs and cultural shows, and advertisements on billboards, bus shelters and other highly visible areas [20].
  • B a Hero” media campaign to convey the message that anyone can be a hero by talking to friends and family about getting tested for hepatitis B
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  • by normalizing hepatitis B and bringing the subject into open conversation so that the importance of screening, vaccination and treatment could then be addressed
  • ten expressed confusion about the hero image (e.g. “Does that mean I’m a hero if I get hepatitis B?”, “I don’t understand Superman. Why not an image of a liver?”, “Is it a movie?”, “Why use Superman? But it makes me curious to look at it.”,
  • Overall, “word of mouth” ranked within the top three sources for all three conditions (27–34%), as followed by website/blogs for pregnancy and heart attack (24–29%).
  • V, radio, newspaper/magazine, email forwards, mailing lists and social media tools did not rank within the top five health information sources for the health conditions asked about in the survey.
chavisja

Social media for social change lawyers: an Australian housing rights lawyer's experience - 0 views

www.tandfonline.com/...09695958.2013.845567

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shared by chavisja on 22 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • chavisja on 22 Oct 14
     
    This paper reflects on the use of Twitter and Facebook at the PILCH Homeless Persons' Legal Clinic (HPLC), and the lessons for social change lawyers. While these two forms of social media have been useful tools in the HPLC's mission to address the systemic and structural issues that impact on people experiencing homelessness in Victoria, Australia, there have been salutary lessons in their deployment, engagement and impact.
chavisja

What It Will Take to End Homelessness - Johnston - 2014 - World Medical & Health Policy... - 2 views

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  • chavisja on 09 Oct 14
     
    Johnston, M. and Kunkel, L. (2014), What It Will Take to End Homelessness. World Medical & Health Policy, 6: 112-117. doi: 10.1002/wmh3.91
chavisja

Project MUSE - Let Them Eat Code - 1 views

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shared by chavisja on 09 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • chavisja on 09 Oct 14
     
    A Bay Area entrepreneur named Greg Gopman took to Facebook to share his feelings about one of American society's most stubborn problems: homelessness. "There is nothing more grotesque than walking down market st.
chavisja

Strategies for Preventing Homelessness - 3 views

www.urban.org/...1000874.html

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  • chavisja on 09 Oct 14
     
    This report identifies six community-wide approaches to preventing homelessness, three focused on families, two focused on people with serious mental illness, and one focused on youth.
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