Dr. Kendall Ho was given the responsibility of the Vice President of the third international Brain Health Forum 2011 (China), and gave a presentation on the topic of “Empowering Community Members through Mobile Technologies: A New Frontier in Virtual Public Health Education” on November 8th, his presenation topic abstract was:
Mobile phones are becoming both highly personal and powerful as an electronic tool. Leveraging it’s strengths and reach can accelerate health initiatives such as public health education, promotion of healthy behaviours, and encouragement of optimal self management in illnesses. This presentation will highlight some of the current pursuits in mobile health – or mHealth – by discussing some of the best practices in the application of health oriented mobile technologies. Considerations as to how to apply these applications in China and Canada will also be explored.
For detailed information about the international Brain Health Forum, please visit the conference web site here (in Chinese).