Social Media in the States

Map of Social Media in the States

The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) has collected a list of state public health departments with Facebook and Twitter accounts, accessible via the map below.

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Alabama:

• http://www.facebook.com/alabamapublichealth
• http://twitter.com/#!/MediaAlabamaGov

Alaska:

• http://www.facebook.com/pages/Alaska-Department-of-Health-and-Social-Services/99962144928
• http://twitter.com/#!/Alaska_DHSS

Arizona

• http://www.facebook.com/azdhs
• http://twitter.com/#!/azdhs

Arkansas:

• http://www.facebook.com/pages/Arkansas-Department-of-Health/115357271814843
• https://twitter.com/#!/ADHPIO

California:

• http://www.facebook.com/CAPublicHealth
• http://twitter.com/#!/CAPublicHealth

Colorado:

• http://www.facebook.com/CDPHE
• http://twitter.com/#!/LAMaldonado

Connecticut:

• http://www.facebook.com/pages/Connecticut-Department-of-Public-Health/126807030728649
• http://twitter.com/#!/ctdph

Delaware:

• http://www.facebook.com/DelawareDHSS
• http://twitter.com/#!/Delaware_DHSS

District of Columbia:

Florida:

• http://www.facebook.com/FLDepartmentofHealth
• https://twitter.com/#!/HealthyFla

Georgia:

• http://www.facebook.com/GaDPH
• http://twitter.com/#!/GaDPH

Hawaii:

• http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hawaii-State-Dept-of-Health/109176012444797?v=wall
• http://twitter.com/#!/HIgov_Health

Idaho:

• http://twitter.com/#!/IDHW

Illinois:

• http://www.facebook.com/IDPH.Illinois
• http://twitter.com/#!/IDPH

Indiana:

• http://twitter.com/#!/INPublicHealth -- Page says Indiana has not tweeted yet

Iowa:

• http://twitter.com/#!/IAPublicHealth

Kansas:

• http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kansas-Department-of-Health-and-Environment/142908749923
• http://twitter.com/#!/KDHE

Kentucky:

Louisiana:

• http://www.facebook.com/LaHealthDept?ref=ts
• http://twitter.com/#!/La_Health_Dept

Maine:

Maryland:

• http://www.facebook.com/MarylandDHMH
• https://www.facebook.com/MarylandFamilyPlanningProgram
• http://twitter.com/#!/marylanddhmh

Massachusetts:

• https://twitter.com/#!/Mass_HHS

Michigan:

• http://www.facebook.com/pages/Michigan-Department-of-Community-Health-MDCH/51057276745?ref=mf
• http://twitter.com/#!/mihealth

Minnesota:

• http://www.facebook.com/mnhealth
• http://twitter.com/#!/mnhealth

Mississippi:

• http://www.facebook.com/HealthyMS
• http://twitter.com/#!/msdh

Missouri:

• http://twitter.com/#!/HealthyLivingMo

Montana:

• https://www.facebook.com/MTDPHHS

Nebraska:

• http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nebraska-Department-of-Health-and-Human-Services/340846025779?v=info#!/pages/Nebraska-Department-of-Health-and-Human-Services/340846025779?sk=wall
• http://twitter.com/#!/NebraskaDHHS

Nevada:

New Hampshire:

• http://www.facebook.com/NHDepartmentOfHealthAndHumanServices
• http://twitter.com/#!/NHDHHSPIO

New Jersey:

• http://twitter.com/#!/NJDHSS

New Mexico:

New York:

• http://www.facebook.com/NYSDOH
• http://twitter.com/#!/healthnygov

North Carolina:

North Dakota:

• https://www.facebook.com/ndhealth
• https://twitter.com/nddoh

Ohio:

• http://www.facebook.com/Ohdeptofhealth
• http://twitter.com/#!/ohdeptofhealth

Oklahoma:

• https://www.facebook.com/pages/Oklahoma-Maternal-and-Child-Health/451472241604992
• https://www.facebook.com/pages/Oklahoma-State-Department-of-Health/187117011388223
• https://twitter.com/HealthyOklahoma

Oregon:

• http://www.facebook.com/OregonHealthAuthority
• http://twitter.com/#!/OHAOregon

Pennsylvania:

Rhode Island:

• http://www.facebook.com/HealthRI
• http://twitter.com/#!/rihealth

South Carolina:

• http://twitter.com/#!/scdhec

South Dakota:

Tennessee:

• http://www.facebook.com/TNDeptofHealth
• http://twitter.com/#!/TNDeptofHealth

Texas:

Utah:

• https://twitter.com/#!/UtahDepOfHealth

Vermont:

• http://www.facebook.com/HealthVermont
• http://twitter.com/#!/healthvermont

Virginia:

• http://twitter.com/#!/MyVDH

Washington:

• http://www.facebook.com/pages/Washington-State-Department-of-Health/117762158270896
• http://twitter.com/#!/WA_DeptofHealth

West Virginia:

Wisconsin:

• https://twitter.com/#!/dhswi

Wyoming:

Endnotes:

¹ Fox S, Jones S. The social life of health information, 2009. Pew Internet & American Life Project. Available at: http://www. pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/8-The-Social- Life-of-Health-Information.aspx. Accessed March 27, 2013..

² Neiger BL, Thackeray R, et al. Evaluating social media's capacity to develop engaged audiences in health promotion settings: use of Twitter Metrics as a case study. 2013. Health Promotion Practice 14(2) 157-162.