Here’s a thought: if you’re over 30, you belong to the last generation to know a world without computers. It’s not surprising that efforts to harness technology for youth health are using young people as the teachers and experts, as was outlined in an event at the National Press Club last week. Below is an [...]
READ MOREAn invitation and a note of explanation to Croakey readers
If you have read the funding arrangements for Croakey, you will understand that editing this blog is, by necessity, very much a part-time activity for me. I am usually writing and editing articles in haste around multiple other commitments. Often I am wanting to alert readers to new reports/research etc that may be of interest, [...]
READ MORECrowdsourcing feedback on research proposals
The power of crowdsourcing is transforming many activities and sectors, with great significance for public health. And here is one more application that may be of interest to Croakey readers: Dr Kishan Kariippanon (who will be familiar to the #hcsmanz Twitter group as @yhpo and is self-described as an “e-public health blogger”) is crowdsourcing feedback [...]
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A wrap of news from the national rural health conference
Croakey readers had a long wish list for what you wanted covered at the national rural health conference in Perth this week. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get to nearly as many of the sessions as I would have liked. But I can refer you to this footage of the keynote presentations, and the ABC’s online coverage [...]
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