Social Networks and Mobile Technologies in Public Health

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What is a Network?

Web Definition : A set of nodes, points, or locations connected by means of data, voice, and video communications for the purpose of exchange.

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Social Networks

A social network is a description of the social structure between actors, mostly individuals or organizations. It indicates the ways in which they are connected through various social familiarities ranging from casual acquaintance to close familiar bonds.

Social networks and KMS

• Why Social Networks in KMS?

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KM

Knowledge Management involves people, technology, and processes inOverlapping parts.

Social Network Analysis We measure Social Network in terms of:

1. Degree Centrality: The number of direct connections a node has. What really matters is where

those connections lead to and how they connect the otherwise unconnected.

2. Betweenness Centrality: A node with high betweenness has great influence over what flows in the

network indicating important links and single point of failure.

3. Closeness Centrality: The measure of closeness of a node which are close to everyone else. The pattern of the direct and indirect ties allows the nodes any other node in

the network more quickly than anyone else. They have the shortest paths to all others.

Exercise on SNA: Kite Network

By David Krackhardt

Reducing Complexity

Organization on WebReduced Complexity throughSimulation Analysis and ComplexTheory for solving graphs

Our Social Networks can be understood at one glance

Geographic InformationModeling

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Technology: LinkedIn (1)

Technology: oro-aro (2)

References• “How to do Social Network Analysis?”-Retrieved from

-http://www.orgnet.com/sna.html• Cross, R., Parker, A. and Borgatti, S.

A bird's eye view: Using Social Network Analysis to Improve Knowledge Creation and Sharing. IBM Institute for Business Value Publication.

• J.C.Thomas, W.A Kellogg, T. Erickson, “The Knowledge Management Puzzle: Human and social factors in Knowledge Management”. IBM Systems Journal. Volume 40. Number 4.2001

• Wellman, B. (1996) For a Social Network Analysis of Computer Networks: A Sociological Perspective on Collaborative work and Virtual Community. Proceedings of SIGCPR/SIGMIS. Denver, CO. ACM Press.

health and mobile techs...

• Combining Google Earth and GIS mapping technologies in a dengue surveillance system for developing countries. International Journal of Health Geographics 2009, 8:49

• Development of a wearable global positioning system for place and health research International Journal of Health Geographics 2008, 7:59

• Tracking the polio virus down the Congo River: a case study on the use of Google Earth™ in public health planning and mapping International Journal of Health Geographics 2009, 8:4

mobile devices...

Iphone diagnostics

Ankos Mobile - Android

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