Introduction Research on the intersection of digital technology and public health requires an ethnographic study looking at the communication styles and learning processes in a remote context. I hope that this presentation from Kral will be made available as a podcast.   ABSTRACT Digital technology is transforming the nature of communication and learning world-wide, and social media is catalysing perso ...

Introduction To adequately answer this question, I am looking forward to spending the next 2 years collecting data and researching  Aboriginal use of media and its  associated tools amongst the youth, both in urban and remote communities (e.g. mobile phones, computers, tablets, TV, radio, print media). However, let me give you a simple snapshot of what is out there in the Top End of the Northern Territory. ...

A simple table showing the number of health and well being social media profiles/accounts by state/territory. Departments of Child Protection, Consumer Disablity Services and Commissioner's offices were excluded. Some of the pages have more than 1000 likes or followers. However, only further qualitative analysis would answer the question of effectiveness and levels of authentic engagement. 1-3 pages had bro ...

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="240"] mappa_blog (Photo credit: francescopozzi)[/caption] A search for active government blogs in Australia will lead you to an impressive list of 39 blogs listed on the Australia.gov.au site. Many government agencies are blogging, from the Aged Care Complaints Scheme News, to Share the Line. These are your trail blazers within the bureaucracy but only a small handfu ...

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="240" caption="Sydney University - Medical School (Photo credit: State Records NSW)"][/caption] Technology has made the lives of just about everyone easier. It’s made us more productive, faster at what we do, and more organized. Staying on top of everything as a med school student is, needless to say, difficult. Fortunately, there are a number of apps that will make y ...

Today's article in The Age brought to my attention by @Rantz, makes apparent that services preventing youth suicide are still working out their position in the online world, as young people increasingly use social media to seek help. This is a problem that needs to be solved from a leadership and policy perspective in order for health services to become more relevant to the needs of young people. The title ...

Image by GDS Infographics via Flickr At Youth Health 2.0, I am passionate about how tools and messages are designed to inspire young people towards better health outcomes. This blog post is about us leaving something behind when we die so that someone else, whom we do not know will have a better outcome. The FilmLife Project is dedicated to increasing awareness around organ donation in conjunction with Dona ...

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Image via Wikipedia"][/caption] The first impression On the 18th of November 2010, I first posted a brief overview of what I knew about Diva Chat then. I discussed the pros and cons of this tool, with many health professionals and a few top researchers in the country on HIV/AIDS and sexual health. None of them had heard of Diva Chat and didn't seem that ...

1. #9 cool public health and social media articles 2. Is technology to blame in cybersafety? 3. Stanford Medicine 2.0 Conference 2011 - The Report Card (Guest blog by Prajesh C) 4. iPhone Apps for STI/HIV Prevention 5. Mark Scott (ABC) on social media leadership 6. Social media and Indigenous culture 7. Youth Health 2011 Sydney conference presentation 8. Sexual health iPhone Apps 9. Wanted: a Social Media E ...

The health research industry has been making some progress to reach the wider community and their target populations through social media. With smartphones being used by more Australians everyday especially Gen Y, the experience becomes instantaneous instead of a random chance of making a connection later once access to a computer is made.  Giant telecommunications provider, Telstra, in a media release in F ...