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Does technology aid public health in remote communities?

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… Read More

Government social media health profiles by state

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… Read More

Should government health agencies blog?

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… Read More

Top Productivity and Organization Apps for Med School Students

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… Read More

Suicide prevention undecided on going online

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… Read More

FilmLife Blog Challenge

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… Read More

Diva Chat makes headlines

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… Read More

Top 10 Youth Health 2.0 articles of 2011

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… Read More

5 tips for researchers thinking of social media

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… Read More

A simple QR code campaign evaluation

Basic quantitative data For my oral presentation at the 8th  Australian and New Zealand Adolescent Health Conference (3rd IAAH Asia Pacific Congress) I prepared and demonstrated the use of a QR code in… Read More

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