Welcome to Healia Communities, the online health community that helps you make better health decisions by enabling you to:
At Healia, we recognize that making health decisions is often difficult. There’s a sea of information out there, may be you’re not sure what is relevant to you, or perhaps you’re looking for deeper insight into a particular health concern.
We know that connecting with people who have similar experiences can help you arrive at a more informed health decision. We also know that some questions are best answered by health experts and we’ve gathered experienced health professionals to help you.
We hope you will find what you’re looking for, connect with others who can help, and get answers to your questions. As you receive help from fellow community members, please return the favor and help others by writing a journal, sharing your experiences, and answering questions.
Healia Communities is a work in progress and some things may not be working perfectly. So we’d like to hear from you. How was your experience? What did you like the most? How can we improve? Was there a feature you didn’t understand or weren’t sure how to use? Let us know your feedback.
If you answered yes to any of these questions, then Healia Communities may be helpful in guiding you to health information and personal support through communities of like-minded people. With our communities, you can get personalized, relevant support for your health decisions and questions.
We do not recommend that people under 18 years of age use Healia Communities without adult supervision. If you’re a minor, please ask an adult to help you use Healia Communities.
Healia Communities guides you to trustworthy information and personal support using an unparalleled social network and health search engine. It is quite different from other health Web sites because it:
Healia strives to be an integral part of people’s health decision-making process and to improve health and healthcare in the world. We have a “double-bottom line.” to be commercially successful and also make a significant impact on society by helping people live healthier and longer lives. We constantly think about how we can deliver on that promise.
The Founder of Healia is a public health professional who started the company after repeatedly seeing how access to high quality information is a central determinant of health for people around the world. We believe that emerging technologies can provide enormous opportunities for health improvement and that access to health information and support is a fundamental human right.
The staff and advisors behind Healia have decades of experience in public health, healthcare, technology development, and business. Although we come from many different backgrounds, we all share a similar passion to make a difference in people’s lives and to create the best possible products and services for our users.
Healia was started several years ago with funding from the National Cancer Institute / National Institutes of Health to develop a health search engine that could provide high quality and personally relevant search results. Since its acquisition in 2007, Healia has been a part of (Meredith Corporation) (NYSE:MDP), one of the nation's leading media and marketing companies with businesses centering on magazine and book publishing, television broadcasting, integrated marketing, and interactive media. The Meredith Publishing Group includes Better Homes and Gardens, Ladies' Home Journal, Family Circle, Parents, American Baby, Fitness, and More.
Last modified: March 6, 2009
