Social Networks and Health:
How Facebook Can Save Your Life
Ernesto Ramirez, M.S.
University of California, San Diego
Center for Wireless and Population Health Systems

What do you guys think about
universal healthcare? Universal healthcare? More
like universal who-cares!
Social Networks: Why do we care?
Social Networks
and Health

Why we Share: The Collective
The Human Super
Organism
Social Networks
and Health

Networks: Me, You, and Everyone We Know
Your Friend’s Friend’s Friends
Your Friend’s Friends
Your Friends
Social Networks
and Health

Network Functions
Integration
Social Networks
and Health

Network Functions
Regulation
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and Health

Social Networks
and Health
The Spread of Obesity Social Networks
and Health

Social Networks
and Health
Social Networks
and Health

Networks of the Past
Social Networks
and Health

The New Network
Paradigm
Always On
Social Networks
and Health

The New Network
Paradigm
Always Connected
Social Networks and Health

or:
How I learned to stop
worrying and love
social networks Social Networks
and Health

Information
Sharing
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and Health

Examples in Action
Chronic Health Conditions
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and Health

Examples in Action
Infectious Disease Epidemics
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and Health

1. Contact
How to Save 2. Connect
Your Life
3. Cultivate
Social Networks
and Health

4. COMMUNICATE
Ask
Listen
Contribute
Social Networks
and Health

You Can't Pick Your Parents
Social Networks
and Health

You Can
Pick Your Friends*
Social Networks
and Health

Ernesto Ramirez, M.S.
erramirez@ucsd.com
www.cwphs.ucsd.edu
(858) 534-9310
@e_ramirez
Thank You
Social Networks
and Health