Category Archive: Research

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

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

Youth Health 2011 Sydney conference presentation

This post is in conjunction with my presentation on the utilization of social media in health communications targeting youth for sexual health promotion, given at the 8th Australian and New Zealand Adolescent Health… Read More

Web credibility and ‘non profit’ health organization

Background Most organizations have a web presence and your ‘non profit’ health organization needs one just as much as ‘for profit’ organizations. Two things happen when a client, carer or an ‘involved’ citizen… Read More

Mass interpersonal persuasion

A reflection on Dr. BJ Fogg‘s Persuasion Bootcamp As health professionals working in health promotion and health communications our primary goal is to create programs that result in behavior change. We have become… Read More

Utilising video in health communications

The purpose of using videos in reducing the rates of STIs, for example, is to increase “knowledge and perception of STI/HIV risk, promoting positive attitudes toward condom use” and more importantly “building self-efficacy… Read More

“High Wire Act” a report on the Australian cyberstage

*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… Read More

Social media and indigenous culture

#5 Truths and Trials of the Internet and Indigenous culture? Many are concerned whilst only a few are confident that the advancement of communication technology, particularly Social Media can be a beneficial resource… Read More

# 9 cool public health and social media articles

Plugged In: Remote Australian Youth and Digital Culture     By: Inge Kral For most Indigenous people in central and northern Australia the encounter with the western world has been relatively recent. Yet even… Read More

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