The use of the internet to provide public health information is evolving very quickly. Public Health agencies have traditionally used the internet to disseminate information and create opportunities for individuals to contact agencies directly via the Web. This approach did not allow the members of the public to communicate or learn from each other easily. An evolution in how the Web can be used, or Web 2.0, allows the public to communicate with directly each other through social-media networks such as Facebook and MySpace and other social networking sites. What are the implications for public health education practice? The purpose of this presentation is to provide a brief overview of differences between Web to Web 2.0 conceptualization and applications, provide examples Web 2.0 sites of that may be useful to public health professionals, and discuss the potential impact for creating new public health messages and materials.. Wireless mobile internet is expanding quickly, so an introduction to the new world of mobile applications will be briefly discussed.

Lynn Waishwell is currently the Director of the Health Education and Behavioral Science Department at UMDNJ - School of Public Health. She is also an Assistant Professor of the Department of Environmental and Community Medicine at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Professor Waishwell has held numerous other positions that include Director of Communications and Outreach with the Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholders Participation; Associate Professor with the Department of Health Sciences at Illinois State University; and Assistant Professor in the Department of Health, Sports and Leisure Studies at Northeastern University. Dr. Waishwell belongs to many health sciences and education honor societies and is a Certified Health Education Specialist. She presently belongs to the Society for Public health Education, the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, the Public Health Educatio and Health Promotion Section of the American Public health Association, and the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing. Professor Waishwell received her education at the University of Iowa, where she earned a Bachelors in social Work & Psychology; her Masters of Arts in Education (Health Education) from the University of Florida, and her Ph.D. in Health Education from Southern Illinois University. Dr. Waishwell has written may for many select publications and reports, and, for many Per-Reviewed Papers. She continues to provide principle investigator or co-investigator, or Evaluation manager roles on numerous grants here at the University.