#IHMayDay: tweeting for empowerment and social and emotional wellbeing

Sweet, Melissa; Geia, Lynore; Dudgeon, Patricia; McCallum, Kerry

doi:10.1177/1039856215609762

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“…While only 5 studies were found, a narrative summary of these studies was deemed appropriate to assist in understanding the role of social media in improving the health of Aboriginal Australians and guide future research in this area. Of the 5 included papers, 3 used qualitative approaches [11,20,21] and 2 used multiple methods [22,23]. Based on the quality assessment tool used, from the 5 studies, 2 were of neutral quality, 2 were of poor quality, and 1 was of good quality (Multimedia Appendix 1).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…One study found that age was associated with social media use for health [21]. Older Aboriginal groups often found using social media for health more complex and, in some cases, having detrimental health outcomes [21], whereas younger groups were more readily receptive to using social media for their health and well-being [11,20,21]. All studies mentioned the need for more time for participants to become familiar with utilizing social media for it to have an impact on health; the reason acknowledged was the relative infancy of social media use and Aboriginal health within Australia [21,23].…”

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Considering the Impact of Social Media on Contemporary Improvement of Australian Aboriginal Health: Scoping Review

Walker¹,

Palermo²,

Klassen³

2019

JMIR Public Health Surveill

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Background Social media may have a significant role in influencing the present and future health implications among Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, yet there has been no review of the role of social media in improving health. Objective This study aims to examine the extent of health initiatives using social media that aimed to improve the health of Australian Aboriginal communities. Methods A scoping review was conducted by systematically searching databases CINAHL Plus; PubMed; Scopus; Web of Science, and Ovid MEDLINE in June 2017 using the terms and their synonyms “Aboriginal” and “Social media.” In addition, reference lists of included studies and the Indigenous HealthInfonet gray literature were searched. Key information about the social media intervention and its impacts on health were extracted and data synthesized using narrative summaries. Results Five papers met inclusion criteria. All included studies were published in the past 5 years and involved urban, rural, and remote Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people aged 12-60 years. No studies reported objective impacts on health. Three papers found that social media provided greater space for sharing health messages in a 2-way exchange. The negative portrayal of Aboriginal people and negative health impacts of social media were described in 2 papers. Conclusions Social media may be a useful strategy to provide health messages and sharing of content among Aboriginal people, but objective impacts on health remain unknown. More research is necessary on social media as a way to connect, communicate, and improve Aboriginal health with particular emphasis on community control, self-empowerment, and decolonization.

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Considering the Impact of Social Media on Contemporary Improvement of Australian Aboriginal Health: Scoping Review

Walker¹,

Palermo²,

Klassen³

2019

JMIR Public Health Surveill

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“…Mr Pearson has been involved in all these events, which have also been supported by the @IndigenousX and @WePublicHealth accounts. A subsequent analysis of a selection of tweets from the 2014 event found that SEWB was a dominant theme (Sweet et al, ).…”

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“…Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, health professionals, and health organisations are harnessing Twitter in diverse and innovative ways that are enhancing social and emotional wellbeing (SEWB) and self‐determination (Sweet, Geia, Dudgeon, & McCallum, ; Waller et al, ). One such example is the rotated curated account @IndigenousX, which can be variously understood as a work of social innovation and entrepreneurship, a form of community development and advocacy, and an example of community‐generated journalism (Sweet, Pearson, & Dudgeon, ).…”

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Narratives of Twitter as a Platform for Professional Development, Innovation, and Advocacy

Geia

Pearson

Sweet

2017

Australian Psychologist

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Objective: To explore why and how Twitter engagement may be useful for health professionals with an interest in decolonising practice and for supporting the social and emotional wellbeing (SEWB) of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Method: A narrative methodology is used to explore innovative uses of Twitter with relevance to the SEWB of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The authors present their personal and professional stories of engagement with Twitter as three inter-related case studies. Results: Thematic analysis of these narratives found that Twitter is enabling Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to share their stories and experiences, and to develop new connections and collaborations for change. It provides a platform for reflexivity, reciprocity, relationship-building, strengths-based learning and practice, advocacy, and other elements of decolonising practice. Conclusion: Engaging with Twitter offers psychologists and other health professionals an opportunity for improving their understanding of the complexity of factors affecting the SEWB of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and for developing their professional practice into new spheres.

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“…It can also be based on large scale quantitative analysis of trends or topics—from how a political idea spreads, how earthquakes are experienced, or how sentiments expressed on Twitter correlate to market performance or to geography [ 15 ]. Researchers have also taken advantage of the way Twitter users group tweets under particular hashtags, looking at how #iranelection connected protesters and international supporters after Iran’s 2009 elections [ 16 ], how #whyistayed transformed online personal expressions of experience of domestic violence to collective political action [ 17 ], and how #IHMayDay assisted dialogue, advocacy and exchange about the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples [ 18 ].…”

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Using Twitter to Explore (un)Healthy Housing: Learning from the #Characterbuildings Campaign in New Zealand

Chisholm

O’Sullivan

2017

IJERPH

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While increasingly used for research, Twitter remains largely untapped as a source of data about housing. We explore the growth of social media and use of Twitter in health and social research, and question why housing researchers have avoided using Twitter to explore housing issues to date. We use the #characterbuildings campaign, initiated by an online media platform in New Zealand in 2014 to illustrate that Twitter can provide insights into housing as a public health and social problem. We find that Twitter users share details of problems with past and present homes on this public platform, and that this readily available data can contribute to the case for improving building quality as a means of promoting public health. Moreover, the way people responded to the request to share details about their housing experiences provides insight into how New Zealanders conceive of housing problems.

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#IHMayDay: tweeting for empowerment and social and emotional wellbeing

Abstract: Twitter-based events such as #IHMayDay and initiatives such as the rotated, curated account @IndigenousX are powerful platforms for learning, exchange, advocacy and dialogue about the social and emotional wellbeing and mental health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Cited by 34 publications

References 6 publications

Considering the Impact of Social Media on Contemporary Improvement of Australian Aboriginal Health: Scoping Review

Considering the Impact of Social Media on Contemporary Improvement of Australian Aboriginal Health: Scoping Review

Narratives of Twitter as a Platform for Professional Development, Innovation, and Advocacy

Using Twitter to Explore (un)Healthy Housing: Learning from the #Characterbuildings Campaign in New Zealand

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