Join the #FamilyNursing #FamilyHealth Conversation on Twitter

There is a growing conversation happening on Twitter within my family nursing community by #familynursing and #familyhealth scholars, practitioners, advocates, and organizations. Here is a list of of those who are currently active on Twitter (list updated (March 2020). I urge you to harness the power of Twitter to promote and advance #familynursing and #familyhealth.

Check out Wendy Looman’s blog post called,“Confessions of a Reluctant Tweeter” which was subsequently published as Guest Editorial in the Journal of Family Nursing, February 2016.

In 2017, at 13th International Family Nursing Conference (#IFNC13) in Pamplona, Spain, my colleagues (Wilma Schroeder, Joel Anderson, and Wendy Looman) and I from the IFNA Communications Committee offered a Preconference Workshop titled, ” A Social Media Primer for Family Nursing Scholars”. We wore our “I Tweet #familynursing” buttons. Twitter data from Symplur over a 15 period of June 12-25, 2017 showed 184 participants used the conference hashtag #IFNC13 and generated 1,395 tweets to create 971,439 impressions. This is evidence of significant growth in the social media use by my #familynursing and #familyhealth community.

Wendy Looman brought a new version of the button (see above) to the 14th International Family Nursing Conference (#IFNC14) August 13-16, 2019 in Washington, DC.

Reach Statistics of the International Family Nursing Association (IFNA) 2016, IFNA 2017, and IFNA 2018 in the form of an infographic have been developed by the IFNA Communications Committee.

Family Nursing and Family Health Scholars, Practitioners, Advocates, and Organizations Who are Active on Twitter

International Family Nursing Association: http://twitter.com/IFNAorg

Japanese Association for Research in Family Nursing (JARFN): http://twitter.com/jarfn_exchange

Cristina Alfaro Díaz (Spain): https://twitter.com/CristinaCalfaro

Sandy Alguire (Canada): https://twitter.com/alguire_sandy

Joel Anderson (USA): https://twitter.com/JoelAndersonPhD

Akiko Araki (Japan): https://twitter.com/ftr223_aa

Megan Aston (Canada): https://twitter.com/meganaston22

Janice M. Bell (Canada): https://twitter.com/janicembell

Jennifer Baumbusch (Canada): https://twitter.com/GERONursing

Petra Brysiewicz (South Africa): https://twitter.com/PetraBrysiewicz

Ami Bylund (Sweden): https://twitter.com/ami_bylund

Ana Canga (Spain): https://twitter.com/acangaarmayor

Li-Chi Chiang (Taiwan): https://twitter.com/lichichiang

Elisabeth Coyne (Australia): https://twitter.com/Elisabethcoyne1

Imelda Coyne (Ireland): https://twitter.com/ImeldaCoyne

Janet A. Deatrick (USA): https://twitter.com/JanetDeatrick

Veronique de Goumoëns (Switzerland): https://twitter.com/Vero_deGoumoens

Sharon Denham (USA): http://twitter.com/SUGARHelper

Karin Dieperink (Denmark): https://twitter.com/KDieperink

Martha Driessnack (USA): https://twitter.com/MDriessnack

Anne Ersig (USA): https://twitter.com/AnneErsig

Nuria Esandi (Spain): https://twitter.com/nelarramend

Maria do Céu Barbieri Figueiredo (Portugal): https://twitter.com/CeuBarbieri?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Michelle Franklin (USA):https://twitter.com/MFranklinNP

Cristina Garcia-Vivar (Spain): https://twitter.com/cgarvivar

Teresa Gutiérrez Alemán (Spain): https://twitter.com/TeresaG_Aleman

Naohiro Hohashi (Japan): http://twitter.com/naohiro_hohashi

Junko Honda (Japan): https://twitter.com/junko_h

Jane Karpa (Canada): https://twitter.com/jane_karpa

Elisabet Konradsdottir (Iceland): https://twitter.com/KonradsElisabet

Hanne Konradsen (Sweden): https://twitter.com/hanne_konradsen

Kathleen Knafl (USA): https://twitter.com/kknafl

Norah Louise Johnson (USA): https://twitter.com/NorahLJohnson

Veronica Lambert (Ireland): https://twitter.com/VLambert17

Jane Lassetter (USA): https://twitter.com/jane_lassetter

Karen LeGrow (Canada): https://twitter.com/KarenLeGrow

Nicole Letourneau (Canada): https://twitter.com/DrNLetourneau

Wendy Looman (USA): https://twitter.com/looma003

Karen S Lyons (USA): https://twitter.com/KSLCareDyads

Amy Marshall (Canada): http://twitter.com/AmyJaneMarshall

Paul Martin (Scotland): https://twitter.com/GriochCons

Sonja Meiers (USA): https://twitter.com/sonja_meiers

Samantha Micsinszki (Canada): https://twitter.com/smicsinszki

Linda Milnes (United Kingdom): https://twitter.com/LindaMilnes_UOL

Mio Möllerberg (Sweden): https://twitter.com/Nanyonjo97

Julie Mogbo (Nigeria): https://twitter.com/JulieMogbo

Lucila Nascimento (Brazil): https://twitter.com/lucilacn

Sarah Neill (United Kingdom): https://twitter.com/SarahNeill7

Paula Nersesian (USA): https://twitter.com/PaulaNersesian

Birte Østergaard (Denmark): https://twitter.com/birte_stergaard

Tracey Redwood (United Kingdom): https://twitter.com/RedwoodTracey

Sandra Richardson (New Zealand): https://twitter.com/SandraR_PhD

Tracie Risling (Canada): https://twitter.com/traciewashere

Sue Robins (Canada): https://twitter.com/suerobinsyvr

Luke Russell (USA): https://twitter.com/ltr_hdfs

Wilma Schroeder (Canada): https://twitter.com/wschroederMMFT

Anna Olafia Sigurdardottir (Iceland): https://twitter.com/annaosig

Joanna Smith (United Kingdom): https://twitter.com/josmith175

Lindsay Smith (Australia): https://twitter.com/DrLindsaySmith

Diane Solomon (USA): https://twitter.com/DianeSolomonOR

Suja Somanadhan (Ireland): https://twitter.com/sujas15

Simon Stones (United Kingdom): https://twitter.com/SimonRStones?lang=en

Veronica Swallow (United Kingdom): https://twitter.com/SwallowVeronica

Erla K. Svavarsdottir (Iceland): https://twitter.com/erlaksvavars

Taylor Nursing Institute for Family & Society (USA): https://twitter.com/TaylorNursingIn

Marcia Van Riper (USA): https://twitter.com/MarciaVanRiper

Christina West (Canada): https://twitter.com/drchristinawest

Lorraine M Wright (Canada): https://twitter.com/drlorwright

FAMILY HEALTH SCHOLARS AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE ACTIVE ON TWITTER

I’m adding a new section for family health scholars and organizations outside of my #familynursing community who are active on Twitter and promoting #familyhealth and #familyhealing:

Ackerman Institute (USA): https://twitter.com/AckermanInstitu

American Family Therapy Academy (USA): https://twitter.com/aftaorg

Collaborative Family Healthcare Association (USA): https://twitter.com/cfha_tweet

National Council on Family Relations (USA): https://twitter.com/ncfr?lang=en

Barry J Jacobs (USA): https://twitter.com/drbarryjjacobs

Christine Chambers (Canada): https://twitter.com/DrCChambers

Family Process (journal): https://twitter.com/FamilyProcess

Gottman Institute (USA): https://twitter.com/GottmanInst

SAGE Nursing (USA): https://twitter.com/SAGENursing?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Eembeddedtimeline%7Ctwterm%5Eprofile%3ASAGENursing&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fus.sagepub.com%2Fen-us%2Fnam%2Fpage%2Fnursing

Dr. Sue Johnson (Canada): https://twitter.com/Dr_SueJohnson

Susan H. McDaniel (USA): https://twitter.com/susanhmcdaniel

Stephanie Trudeau (USA): https://twitter.com/TrudeauHern

The International Family Nursing Association has a website and an International Family Nursing Association LinkedIn group which I invite you to join today.

Welcome to the world of social media and thanks for joining my “tribe” of #familynursing, #familyhealth, #familyhealing scholars and organizations! I hope this beginning list will encourage more of my colleagues to develop their own websites, Twitter accounts, and harness the possibilities for advancing the mission of family nursing/family health that is now available through the www (worldwide web).

MY RECOMMENDED HASHTAGS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA IN FAMILY NURSING: #familynursing, @IFNAorg, #IFNC14, #familyhealth, #familyhealing #FamilyFocusedCare