The modern society is full of multimedia stimuli with social media being an integral part of individual 's day-to-day life. With the increase of popularity with social media, the public have more access and exposure to health information. Oral health professionals (OHP) have a major role in provision of oral health education (Dental Council, 2014). OHP has the responsibility to prevent disease and promote good oral health knowledge and behaviours. Online media, such as Tumblr, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and blog can either enhance or hinder effective health promotion. The boundaries between personal and professional can be blurred. As a result, various ethical and social issues have been raised with regards to confidentiality, privacy and trust.
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Online media provides a network where information can spread quickly and becomes a more favourable option of utilising health service. The disseminate of important health messages to the public audience transforms over the years. Individual are able explore hot topics online; share and exchange information and experiences without having direct contact with another. OHP are now face a challenge in determining how to transfer traditional deontological principles into the world of social media (McKee, 2013). "58% report they would first go online for reliable health care information, while 35% say they would first contact a medical professional" (Rice, 2006, p.12). An continual increase in number of individuals using internet to meet their health information is due to the convenience and the instant access to an vast amount of information. Those that are located in demographically isolated area or disadvantaged group are allow to access to wide range of resources with little or no cost. Colineau & Paris (2010) found individuals are more comfortable in sharing information and inquiring sensitive issue to strangers to prevent awkwardness. Yet, it becomes harder for professionals to provide ongoing support and treatment to those in need (Lu, Zhang, Liu, Li & Deng, 2013). Online media tend to focus on certain issue therefore it limits the …show more content…
The lack of visual figures and wordiness of those sites make it unappealing. I chose to educate the key messages of the importance of diet on oral health. It was tough to inform adolescent information on oral health without going into too much details. I want adolescent to be able to read the blog effortless so I decide to use bullet points format- summaries the information with brief explanation. This is done in hope to achieve effective delivery of oral health messages. I had also incorporate numerous pictures to make it more colourful, more attractive. All people in the pictures are smiling, this promotes positivity and inspire them to follow the advice in order to achieve good teeth. I could in future list some outcomes of balance tooth friendly diet and perhaps use aesthetics as a motivation for starters. I could also set a number of short term benefits that lead to the long term goal. Another option would be to provide adolescent with options. For example, try substituting soft drinks to fruit water (no added sugar) or flavoured milk. This will give them the ability to take self-control of their own health and not by following instructions of either parents or
Online media provides a network where information can spread quickly and becomes a more favourable option of utilising health service. The disseminate of important health messages to the public audience transforms over the years. Individual are able explore hot topics online; share and exchange information and experiences without having direct contact with another. OHP are now face a challenge in determining how to transfer traditional deontological principles into the world of social media (McKee, 2013). "58% report they would first go online for reliable health care information, while 35% say they would first contact a medical professional" (Rice, 2006, p.12). An continual increase in number of individuals using internet to meet their health information is due to the convenience and the instant access to an vast amount of information. Those that are located in demographically isolated area or disadvantaged group are allow to access to wide range of resources with little or no cost. Colineau & Paris (2010) found individuals are more comfortable in sharing information and inquiring sensitive issue to strangers to prevent awkwardness. Yet, it becomes harder for professionals to provide ongoing support and treatment to those in need (Lu, Zhang, Liu, Li & Deng, 2013). Online media tend to focus on certain issue therefore it limits the …show more content…
The lack of visual figures and wordiness of those sites make it unappealing. I chose to educate the key messages of the importance of diet on oral health. It was tough to inform adolescent information on oral health without going into too much details. I want adolescent to be able to read the blog effortless so I decide to use bullet points format- summaries the information with brief explanation. This is done in hope to achieve effective delivery of oral health messages. I had also incorporate numerous pictures to make it more colourful, more attractive. All people in the pictures are smiling, this promotes positivity and inspire them to follow the advice in order to achieve good teeth. I could in future list some outcomes of balance tooth friendly diet and perhaps use aesthetics as a motivation for starters. I could also set a number of short term benefits that lead to the long term goal. Another option would be to provide adolescent with options. For example, try substituting soft drinks to fruit water (no added sugar) or flavoured milk. This will give them the ability to take self-control of their own health and not by following instructions of either parents or