Chapter 6. Conclusion and References

Conclusion and References

• Social networks are an important tool for understanding and mobilizing for health improvement.
• New research highlights the role that social networks in population health.
• Community-engaged health promotion and research emphasize the potential for social networks to support collective action for health improvement.
• Electronic social media has diversified the ways networks are formed and engaged.
• Networking, whether online or electronically, is different from creating, sustaining, and engaging a community
• Networking can even hinder collaboration instead of promoting it.
• The principles outlined in this primer should be applied to using social networks and all engagement efforts.

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