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Understanding and designing for digital self-care
The aim of this project is to better understand self-care practices with digital technologies amongst young adults and to explore opportunities for digital technology design.Self-care is a process of purposeful engagement in practices that promote holistic health and well-being of the self. Holistic health implies overall health and this encompasses more than just physical health but also includes mental, emotional and even spiritual health of a person. For some people, cooking can be a form of self-care to eat healthily …
- Study level
- PhD, Master of Philosophy, Honours, Vacation research experience scheme
- Faculty
- Faculty of Science
- School
- School of Computer Science
PHSW02 - Effectiveness of disaster education with CALD communities: A review of co-design challenges and benefits
Disaster education is a broad field closely associated with disaster communication and messaging. However, concerns are growing about the effectiveness of methods used to communicate with communities and educate them about disaster risk reduction. 'Co-design' is increasingly utilised to minimise the limitations of the conventional methods and maximise the community engagement and behavioural change. This proposed literature review will assess the effectiveness, challenges and benefits of the co-design approach as used in disaster education and communication with CALD communities. A …
- Study level
- Vacation research experience scheme
- Faculty
- Faculty of Health
- School
- School of Public Health and Social Work
- Research centre(s)
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Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation
NURS01 - Co-designing a nursing and peer worker partnership model of care for people ageing with HIV
This research advances knowledge of person-centred HIV care for older people by co-designing a Peer Worker-Nurse Partnership Model of care that is sustainable, scalable and adaptable to different service settings. Australians with HIV are now ageing and 70% are likely to experience complex multimorbidity. Stigma remains a barrier to care. Although peer worker and nurse roles are pivotal to improve health outcomes for people with HIV, no studies have explored how these two disciplines might work in partnership to optimise …
- Study level
- Vacation research experience scheme
- Faculty
- Faculty of Health
- School
- School of Nursing
- Research centre(s)
- Centre for Healthcare Transformation
SleepBeta: co-designing technology with young adults to promote healthy sleep
The aim of the SleepBeta project is collaborate with young adults to promote healthy sleep. Sleep, together with healthy diet and exercise, is a key pillar for a healthy lifestyle. It is important to feeling well and to performing well at school and in university. However, young adults often have unhealthy sleep habits due to stress caused by exams, leisure activities and work commitments, and digital technologies used at night-time. Over the last few years, we explored different sleep and …
- Study level
- PhD, Master of Philosophy, Honours
- Faculty
- Faculty of Science
- School
- School of Computer Science
Enabling effective novice-expert interactions: co-designing immersive systems for complex remote data analysis
This student research topic focuses on exploring and developing immersive systems that facilitate interactions between novice and expert users in the context of complex remote data analysis. The goal is to design and prototype innovative solutions that enhance the collaboration, learning, and training aspects of data analysis tasks.The research will involve investigating various immersive technologies and their potential application in bridging the gap between novice and expert users, enabling effective knowledge transfer and skill acquisition.
- Study level
- PhD, Master of Philosophy, Honours
- Faculty
- Faculty of Science
- School
- School of Computer Science
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