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Using Social Media to Enhance Career Development Opportunities for Health Promotion Professionals

Overview of attention for article published in Health Promotion Practice, June 2014
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#20 of 1,559)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (98th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (95th percentile)

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86 X users
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1 Facebook page
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1 Google+ user

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Title
Using Social Media to Enhance Career Development Opportunities for Health Promotion Professionals
Published in
Health Promotion Practice, June 2014
DOI 10.1177/1524839914535213
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Authors

Leah A. Roman

Abstract

For health promotion professionals, social media offers many ways to engage with a broader range of colleagues; participate in professional development events; promote expertise, products, or services; and learn about career-enhancing opportunities such as funding and fellowships. Previous work has recommended "building networking into what you are already doing." This article provides updated and new social media resources, as well as practical examples and strategies to promote effective use of social media. Social media offers health promotion professionals cost-effective opportunities to enhance their career by building communities of practice, participating in professional development events, and enriching classroom learning. Developing the skills necessary to use social media for networking is important in the public health workforce, especially as social media is increasingly used in academic and practice settings.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 1%
United States 1 1%
Australia 1 1%
Unknown 86 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 16 18%
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 9%
Student > Bachelor 7 8%
Researcher 6 7%
Other 6 7%
Other 18 20%
Unknown 28 31%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 16 18%
Nursing and Health Professions 11 12%
Social Sciences 10 11%
Psychology 6 7%
Arts and Humanities 5 6%
Other 12 13%
Unknown 29 33%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 86. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 November 2017.
All research outputs
#496,927
of 25,394,081 outputs
Outputs from Health Promotion Practice
#20
of 1,559 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#4,356
of 242,603 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Health Promotion Practice
#2
of 22 outputs
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