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Social networks influence health behaviors: study (w/ Video)
Scientists have long thought that social networks, which features many distant connections, or "long ties," produces large-scale changes most quickly. But in a new study, Damon Centola, an assistant professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, has reached a different conclusion: Individuals are more likely to acquire new health practices while living in networks with dense clusters of ...
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:32:29 -0700
Derma Sciences Novel XTRASORB® HCS Dressings Receive Federal Reimbursement Codes; Join Foam and Classic Dressings for ...
PRINCETON, N.J.----Derma Sciences, Inc. , a medical device and pharmaceutical company focused on advanced wound care, announces that all five products in its novel line of XTRASORB® HCS Dressings have received Healthcare Common Procedural Coding System codes.
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:56:00 -0700
School of Applied Human Sciences newly established
The Department of Design, Textiles, Gerontology and Family Studies merged with the Mental Health and School Counseling Program to form a new school within the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Aug. 5, 2010. and nbsp; The new school is collecti...
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:49:05 -0700
Health Change From Close Social Networks
A new study refutes long-held beliefs that social networks with “long ties” or distal connections are most effective in producing timely behavior changes. Damon Centola, an assistant professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, believes individuals are more likely to acquire new health practices while living in networks with dense clusters of connections — that [...]
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:07:35 -0700
Social networks influence health behaviors
Individuals are more likely to acquire new health practices while living in networks with dense clusters of connections -- that is, when in close contact with people they already know well.
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:07:45 -0700
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