A remote community in Australia very often refers to the traditional homelands of Indigenous Australians. The lands of the Yolngu have been their home for more than 40,000 years. The Yolngu know every river, creek, tree and stone on their land and are connected to them both intellectually, spiritually and materially. An example of a remote community where I live, Birritjimi, is a small area made up of a s ...

To blog and share my work with people from all over the world whilst living in a tiny Aboriginal community called Birritjimi in  East Arnhem Land is a dream come true. This is where the true value of technology and design based research and health promotion is put to the test. When both these fields of expertise overlap, we can bridge the health and cross cultural communication gap between Indigenous Austra ...

Guest Post by Rachel De Sain (@rdesain) Rachel, through her own consulting business (Flaxworks), brings her valuable ideas on  consumer facing strategy and marketing skills to support healthcare industry and government  to improve the delivery of health-care through the utilisation of technology. Rachel De Sain "...is passionate about the opportunities new technology brings in enabling us to move from a "Fi ...

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="179" caption="Image by lincolndisplayimages.com via Flickr"][/caption] This is a summary from a long report entitled "High Wire Act - Cyber Safety and the Young", with 19 chapters and excellent quantitative and qualitative data. For those who do not have the time to read it, this summary would be useful, whilst the original document is available  here. Sexual groomin ...

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Image via Wikipedia"][/caption] *This is a summary of a chapter from a long report.  For those who do not have the time to read every page, this post would be useful and you can find the original document available  here. Young people, children and technology A non homogenous group in terms of their online capabilities which can be divided into 3 groups ...

 Private and Confidential ReflectionsOn the 2nd of June, the National E-Health Transition Authority (@eHealthAus) invited a wide range of stakeholders to discuss issues around the use of personally controlled electronic health records by young people/adolescents. A personal thank you to Rachel de Sain (@rdesain), the founder of  Flaxworks for the initiative of recommending me to the organisers.The ‘micro st ...

Lauren Moss & the #3 Sins of Health Promotion This month I would like to profile Lauren Moss, youth activist from the Northern Territory and a resident of Darwin. She is the outgoing chairperson (2010) and retaining member of the NT Youth Minister's Round Table of Young Territorians. Lauren talks, in this video profile available on Youtube on key health promotion issues and reflects on her projects: Wha ...

This post is inspired by the Danish Design Centre’s Exhibition in Copenhagen 2009 called “It’s a small world”. “Design is not just about making things, but rather how we make things that fit harmoniously into an ecological, cultural, and moral context. It is therefore about systems, patterns, and connections. David Orr, ‘Architecture, Ecological Design, and Human Ecology' In health communication & socia ...

Multicultural societies and its young people face a question that is very often left unaddressed. The question of “What is my identity, in this country?” This discussion is about young people from Indian background (4th & 5th generation born in Malaysia) growing up in Malaysia and the impact it has on their mental health – it is a reflection of my observations and consultations in September & Octobe ...

Lessons from Changi International Airport year: 2010 The main reason why you're at an airport is either to catch a plane, maybe you've just arrived or possibly in transit. More often in Asia, you're at the airport because every member of  your family, village, town, school or college is sending off someone they love. I was on transit and this time having become more 2.0 aware, I realised how internet friend ...