STDiQ - When Public Health goes Hollywood Note: The terms STD and STI are used interchangeably. They both refer to sexually transmitted infections, a term more commonly used in Australia. ...with its tagline “Be informed, be safe” is an iPhone app designed to bring sexual health education and information to the palm of your hand. STD IQ provides a personal STD risk checker, information on all STDs, and a 23 ...

FaceSpace vs Queer as F**k The Burnett Institute in Melbourne, was where I use to spend a lot of time working on my studies in public health. My last subject was Health Communications and Training,  where my Balinese comrades and I made a video on “Safe Sex and MSM” - we had a great time. It was a great learning experience, backed up by some of the big guns in International and Population Health. ...

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Image via Wikipedia"][/caption] Snow White and Cyber Safety: Background An 11 year old girl was contacted by an unknown man through Facebook and was asked to turn on her web camera where he uttered these words: "Wen u gt one tell me so i sh u my big c***." He also wrote "i want sex" and "show me your body". The Article Bullet points below are taken from ...

'Talk 2.0'  launches its first 2011 profile I met Miad in Timor Leste when many aid workers were leaving the country due to the crisis or 'Situasaun' in Dili, 2006. He was working for the United Nations and we spent a few motorbike rides together trying to help those caught in the conflict. Miad today works for the Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland (ECCQ), which is an organization set up about 40 yea ...

20 years in the making... 1989, Yr 5, pseudo-urban kampung primary school in Subang, Malaysia [caption id="attachment_500" align="alignright" width="265" caption="Kids"][/caption] We were asked by a school teacher to write an essay on issues affecting primary school students. Usually this meant something related to education (studying hard and getting good grades) or healthy behaviour (anti-drugs). I took u ...

A strengths based approach to improving physician and medical students use of Social Media Photo: Strengths Based Coaching? by cphillips Current Barriers: There is still an angst and a lack of positive guidelines (not just a "what not to do list!") from various health departments on "What can be done to engage with clients" and "How can we reach young people" through the use of Social Media. A tool most of ...

A benign discussion of 2 social media policies for physicians and medical students. On November the 8th the American Medical Association released a policy for physicians pertaining to their use of social media. Their main concern was ‘preserving’ the integrity of the ‘patient-physician’ relationship. The new policy aims to help physicians ‘maintain a positive online presence’ too. This new policy from the A ...

Taken from the Abstract booklet of the 2010 Medicine 2.0 Conference with photos from the presentation. Authors: Vriens P, Westmaas A, Harterink P, Gerjo K, and Van Der Veen E. A pilot project presented by Pjer at the Medicine 2.0 Conference 2010 generated alot of thought and widened the vision for youth health supported prevention efforts #yhsm. What I would like to stress from the presentation is: " "Our e ...

Background Almost a year ago today, I was soaked in a pool of journal articles on the use of the internet and mobile technologies by health professionals to engage with their clients and the wider community. As I was reading various peer reviewed articles around the specific use of social networking sites to engage with young people, I came across the Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR) which led me ...

Have you heard of Diva Chat? A couple of my friends and colleagues have mentioned that this  is a popular platform for chatting many young boys and girls use, especially in the NT to communicate. In order to get into one of these chat rooms, you must have a Telstra NextG account and registration is done at the website above. Look for the Competitions and Promotions section (see below) and sign up. I am awar ...