News From the Cause
Targeting youth, Military Health System adds social networking tools: (NEXTGOV)
June 09, 2009
The Military Health System has added social networking tools including Twitter, MySpace and YouTube in a push to engage more of the individuals it serves -- the 18- to 24-year-olds who make up a large portion of the more than 1.4 million troops on active duty. MHS' health site is a spiffy, easy-to-use portal that provides news and text-based information.... The agency also uses sites such as YouTube to reach to the younger age group with videos on subjects ranging from prosthetic legs to golf therapy clinics for combat wounded veterans to a short profile of an occupational therapist who works with combat-wounded veterans. [click here to view] (http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090608_8178.php)
