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Can you reduce global health disparities using the Internet?
You’re invited to a Redes En Acción webinar at 11 a.m. CST Tuesday (5/12/15) to explore how researchers are using online, scientifically tested interventions to encourage people to quit smoking and more.
The webinar will feature Dr. Ricardo Muñoz, a Redes investigator who NPR Latino called the “Carlos Santana of Health” by likening his innovation in psychology to Santana’s innovation in music (plus they grew up in the same San Francisco region).
Muñoz will describe “massive open online interventions” (MOOIs), mental health and substance abuse interventions that are scientifically validated and available online to unlimited numbers of consumers.
“Most of these consumers can be expected to drop out, but some will stay — and get well,” according to a story about Muñoz by the Huffington Post. “Since many of these would otherwise have access to no services at all, MOOIs could be a valuable resource for global health. The drop-out rate should be seen as a natural part of the process, Muñoz argues, not as a weakness.”
Register here for the webinar.
This webinar will be conducted by Redes En Acción, a national Latino cancer research network funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and led by the Institute for Health Promotion Research at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, the team behind SaludToday.
By The Numbers
25.1
percent
of Latinos remain without health insurance coverage
