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