Community health

I concur that social media should be employed as a role model to advance neighborhood health. This is because, as time has evolved, roles and responsibilities have altered, and most people have chosen to lead atypical lives in which the majority of adults and the vast majority of family members hold part-time occupations that are not always available. Families are less free to gather news updates than on social media. Social media always has the information one requires, and due to the improvement in technology, diverse information is available at a low price, and one acquires it at his or her comfort (Kass-Hout, & Alhinnawi, 2013).

Community health is a broad spectrum and involves a lot of technical knowledge and skills which most families may not have (Grajales III, Sheps, Novak-Lauscher, & Eysenbach, 2014). Due to the continuous frustration of most families, social media becomes the only option left to provide entertainment and news since that is what they do best. Also the information available is from different scholars, thus diverse and more important information can be obtained (Daugherty & Hoffman, 2014).

According to Källander et al. a good number of homes are managed by adults without spouses. When this happens, the workload on that adult is very high meaning that a lot of times will be spent in catering for the physical well-being of the family (basic needs) and hence he or she will lack time to cater for the psychological well-being of the family (fun moments).

Families are the smallest unit in society, and their combination is what forms a community. When the family unit is aching and cannot support itself in providing proper healthcare, it means the community at large lacks adequate community health. The improvement of the health conditions of people who share the same geographical area can currently be done easily through the social media platform than in one on one (face to face). This is because nearly everyone has access to the social media and may lack physical time for meetings and other such forums (Kok et al., 2017)

Reference

Kok, M. C., Ormel, H., Broerse, J. E., Kane, S., Namakhoma, I., Otiso, L., ... & Dieleman, M. (2017). Optimising the benefits of community health workers’ unique position between communities and the health sector: A comparative analysis of factors shaping relationships in four countries. Global public health, 12(11), 1404-1432.

Källander, K., Tibenderana, J. K., Akpogheneta, O. J., Strachan, D. L., Hill, Z., ten Asbroek, A. H., ... & Meek, S. R. (k2013). Mobile health (mHealth) approaches and lessons for kincreased performance and retention of community health workers in low-and middle-income countries: a review. Journal of medical Internet research, 15(1).

Grajales III, F. J., Sheps, S., Ho, K., Novak-Lauscher, H., & Eysenbach, G. (2014). Social media: a review and tutorial of applications in medicine and health care. Journal of medical Internet research, 16(2).

Kass-Hout, T. A., & Alhinnawi, H. (2013). Social media in public health. Br Med Bull, 108(1), 5-24.

Daugherty, T., & Hoffman, E. (2014). eWOM and the importance of capturing consumer attention within social media. Journal of Marketing Communications, 20(1-2), 82-102.