I am interested in how the rapidly expanding field of consumer health technologies such as fitness trackers and “wearables” might enhance health literacy in culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities. These technologies promise to enhance health participation through personalization of health communication, yet uptake among CALD communities is limited. My research work to date has attempted to investigate the specific issues in digital health platforms that affect CALD participation; to co-design and test health communication practices that enhance the digital health literacy of CALD communities; and to produce guidelines that enable health providers, developers and policy makers to deliver culturally competent digital services.
Over recent decades I have become interested in the potential of digital technologies and data to facilitate community participation and transformational change in health. To this end I have undertaken stakeholder consultation workshops to develop research priorities for migrant and refugee background communities in Melbourne; researched digital literacies among migrant and refugee background mothers; convened a University-wide Data, Systems and Society Research Network for the University of Melbourne and have recently completed a Vice Chancellor’s Fellowship at RMIT University
I have had a long-standing interest in how the rapidly expanding field of consumer health technologies can enhance health literacy and enhance participation. However, there is a lag between the uptake of such devices and the preparedness of both health […]
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In 2020 I was part of a design team including Leah Heiss, Olivia Hamilton, Marius Foley, and Olga Kokshagina, engaged by two architectural firms, to develop and deliver an online co-design process to understand the research, teaching and engagement opportunities
QUT: Co-design of a future health education and research precinct Read Post »
The capacity to gather, analyse and use data through sophisticated computational techniques like big data analytics and machine learning, combined with digital surveillance represents significant social, political-economic, and technological developments that have become ubiquitous in ordering our lives. Data can
In 2020 Dr Hugh Davies, Prof Larissa Hjorth, Prof Ingrid Richardson (all from RMIT), Prof Mark Andrejevic (Monash University) and I began researching practices and perceptions of COVID-19. Our areas of inquiry included: How do Australians respond to their information
COVIDSAFE Perceptions and Practices Read Post »
Exploring the impact of the proliferation of mobile and wearable health technologies, through the lens of health literacy.
Self-tracking and people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Communities Read Post »
Exploring perceptions around COVID19 strategies and telecare, from the point of view of older adults from CALD backgrounds living independently in Melbourne.
Sukhmani Khorana, Bhavya Chitranshi and I recently completed research about the experiences of six cisgender South Asian-Australian women who gave birth during the COVID-19 pandemic.
New Mothers and Apps During Covid-19 Read Post »
