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Great work @brookenickel.bsky.social and team. Shining a light on the Wild West that is influencing

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NEW: Super cool piece led by Dr Brooke Nickel in JAMA Network Open! I’m usually researching the other side - how to use social media for good health communication, so it was interesting to see how it can also amplify misleading health claims and fuel overdiagnosis. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

submitted 9 hours ago • 0 comments

Read our new article and why we need AI health literacy NOW

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It is critical we maintain & build trust in science. Most people in most countries do trust scientists, AND agree that scientists should engage more in society & policy making. For those of us working in health and equity, this is not the time to be silent. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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First lead author study of 2025 now published! Are AI chatbots concordant with evidence-based cancer screening recommendations? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @julieayre.bsky.social @melodytaba.bsky.social @sydneyhealthlitlab.bsky.social @wiserhealthcare.bsky.social

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Join ISDMS's First Masterclass on Scaling Shared Decision Making Presenters: Fritz Geiger & Lars Mandelkow For professionals aiming to scale SDM at local or national levels Registration Deadline: 14 February 2024 www.isdmsociety.org/masterclasses/ #SDM #SharedDecisionMaking #PatientEngagement

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

Great opportunity to get involved in health research! We’re looking for new members to join the Sydney Health Literacy Lab Consumer Panel (Co-SHeLL) for 2025! 🐚 If you’re passionate about making health info easier to understand or have ideas on improving health systems, we want you! Learn more ⬇️

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Very excited to announce all keynotes for the #DigitalHealthWeek2025 plenary sessions have been confirmed. Check out the exciting lineup below. There is three weeks to go and still time to register. Don't miss out! www.eventbrite.com/e/digital-he...

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🧵 Top 5 projects for 2024: 1. Heart Health Checks: link.springer.com/article/10.1... 2. Heart Yarning Tool: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... 3. PhDs: preventioncentre.org.au/resources/ho... 4. Health literacy editor: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... 5. New journal: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

submitted 72 days ago • 1 comment

Please read and share my new article with @croakeynews.bsky.social. This piece reflects views on why including youth voices in public health decision-making may improve health and wellbeing outcomes now and into the future. www.croakey.org/to-improve-h...

submitted 73 days ago • 1 comment

A late post but want to get the word out there! New prelim work using generative AI to simplify hospital discharge instructions is out in npj Digital Medicine! www.nature.com/articles/s41... The model was able to simplify instructions effectively, but 18% of outputs had a major safety risk.

submitted 73 days ago • 1 comment

My research lab is now on Bluesky! 🦋 Super lucky to do my PhD alongside so many inspiring #healthliteracy researchers 🤩 Special mention to my supervisors: @carissabonner.bsky.social, @julieayre.bsky.social & Prof Kirsten McCaffery: #digitalhealth #codesign & #behaviouralscience experts! 🛟

submitted 75 days ago • 0 comments

Participants wanted! Are you an editor of a health or medical journal? Take part in our interview study on plain language summaries. Sign up link: sydney.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... More details in thread below by research lead @karenmgainey.bsky.social ⬇️

submitted 75 days ago • 0 comments

Researchers at the Sydney Health Literacy Lab at The University of Sydney are looking for editors-in-chief and associate editors of health and medical journals, located either in Australia or internationally.

submitted 76 days ago • 1 comment

The Sydney Health Literacy Lab is coming to Bluesky soon! This is about half of us, working across a huge range of health topics. We're passionate about #healthcommunication that meets #healthliteracy needs to improve equity, using behavioural & social science methods with a codesign approach.

submitted 76 days ago • 3 comments

Jonathan Haidt, author of a best-selling book fuelling a global push to ban kids from social media, told South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas dissenting academics are concealing evidence that would support his case, reports @cameronwilson.bsky.social.

submitted 77 days ago • 6 comments

Great to speak with the Australian Community Managers community last week re the newly legislated Australian Social Media Ban for Under16s. Director @venessap.bsky.social was a 💯host, and there's an insightful blog writeup of the event here: www.australiancommunitymanagers.com.au/blog/navigat...

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

Altmetrics now tracking Bluesky! 🦋 🦘🎓 #AcademicSky #MedSky #publichealth 🛟

submitted 85 days ago • 1 comment

Last call to submit your #healthcommunication or #healthliteracy papers to our journal with no open access fee in 2024! 📚 Submissions & open editorial roles: www.tandfonline.com/journals/rhl... 🌏 Our 2024 volume with 20 papers from around the world: www.tandfonline.com/toc/rhlc20/2/1

submitted 86 days ago • 1 comment

Today I'm at the Leeder (formerly Menzies) Centre for Health Policy, Economics & Data HDR showcase, with my amazing PhD students Sumathy Ravi & @melodytaba.bsky.social! They codesigned solutions to support diabetes patients & gov health communication with young people, at the University of Sydney

submitted 90 days ago • 1 comment

Do you share information online for young people about mental health? If so, our coproduced guidelines could be just what you are looking for!

submitted 92 days ago • 2 comments

The Australian Youth Digital Index (AYDI) released yesterday is such a useful resource on the digital lives of young Australians. I’m quickly updating all the stats in my thesis Introduction because most of mine are from 4 years ago…from a v diff internet! australianyouthdigitalindex.com

submitted 91 days ago • 1 comment

Heart-related diseases are the leading cause of death for women worldwide. But bystanders are less likely to intervene to perform CPR on a woman than a man.

submitted 97 days ago • 1 comment

It's been really heartening working with @dezuanni.bsky.social, @aleeshajoy.bsky.social and Amanda Levido to produce the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child's response to the Social Media Ban for Under16s Bill that was tabled yesterday. digitalchild.org.au/research/pub...

submitted 97 days ago • 0 comments

🚨My first publication AND my first post on Bluesky!🚨🎉 Did you know health messages can unintentionally harm mental well-being? Our review shows how they may do so, especially for vulnerable groups. 🧠 Messages shape minds, and minds shape bodies-let’s communicate wisely! 1/2 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.so...

submitted 101 days ago • 4 comments

Could not find a Health Com starter pack, so I created one for everyone (broadly) interested in digital health, healthcare communication, health equity, public health, social influences... Let me know if you want to join! 😊 go.bsky.app/SUgmQmQ

submitted 98 days ago • 26 comments

Academic writing — get utilized to it.

submitted 105 days ago • 11 comments

Here is the government's proposed definition of an age-restricted social media service. parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/sea...

submitted 98 days ago • 8 comments

Welcome to Bluesky Carissa! If you’re interested in super cool health literacy, risk communication and co-design research, give her a follow!

submitted 98 days ago • 1 comment

Going to piggy back off this and say I’m looking for more aus-focused public health and digital/social media research content. Hit me up if that’s you or with your recommendations!

submitted 105 days ago • 0 comments

UNSW's Drug Policy Modelling Program is hosting an evidence hub to answer your drug policy questions for the NSW Drug Summit. Includes an evidence brief from me and Monica Barratt on drug checking services: what are they, and what do we know about them? www.unsw.edu.au/research/spr...

submitted 106 days ago • 0 comments

Seeing our virtual communities rebuild on this site is quite extraordinary. Thank you to everyone for sharing, following, creating starter packs so people can find each other, and for being so welcoming. ❤️

submitted 111 days ago • 0 comments

In our nostalgia for Twitter of old, let's not forget it was still a recreation of real-world power structures- the same privileges, the geographical skew, the same networks and cliques. Let's see if we can break silos for the better. Follow, retweet or reply to something you wouldn't normally!

submitted 112 days ago • 3 comments

Interesting. Requiring age verification means social media companies will have to collect more private information about users - information that they can use to inform algorithms and/or sell to 3rd parties. Then there is the question of data security, which history tells us is always flawless

submitted 112 days ago • 1 comment

I've started compiling a starter pack of researchers and advocates working in public health and health promotion. Its not complete and I can add to it, so would love if you could pop any recommendations for anyone else below! go.bsky.app/RhTFdxd

submitted 112 days ago • 74 comments

Finally added Bluesky to my social media collection! 💎 Obligatory intro post - I’m a PhD candidate at the University of Sydney researching how we can use social media for effective health communication to young people 📲 I 🫶 online communities so keen to connect and learn more about the platform!

submitted 112 days ago • 2 comments