Using social media to engage consumers in health service design and quality improvement
Over the next two days (18-19 March) Croakey will be covering the Shifting Gears summit – the first Australian and New Zealand conference on consumer leadership and experience in healt... Read more
Marie McInerney writes: A new code of practice to address online misinformation and disinformation, developed for and by the digital tech industry, has been slammed by critics as falling way... Read more
It’s our first Pop Up Workshop! All about communications, social media & advocacy
Please join us for the inaugural Croakey Professional Services Pop Up Workshop in Sydney on Tuesday, 17 April. Our warm thanks to Professor Rebecca Ivers, Keziah Bennett-Brook and colleagues... Read more
Unpacking the collective impact of @WePublicHealth: check out the latest news
In 2017, guest tweeters for the rotated curated Twitter account @WePublicHealth covered international conferences on public health, quality and safety in healthcare, stillbirth, tobacco cont... Read more
Calling for expressions of interest for #IHMayDay17 – with a focus on “Representation”
Please make a note in your diaries – the fourth annual Indigenous Health May Day Twitter festival will be held on Wednesday, May 17. You can track the discussions and news at #IHMayDay17. Th... Read more
This fortnight’s Health Wrap is compiled by Frances Gilham, Digital Communications Manager at the Sax Institute. Enjoy the Wrap and tweet us via @SaxInstitute if you have any ideas for futur... Read more
Calling out from country for law reform for Just Justice (and wonderful rock art photos)
As these photographs suggest, Murujuga or the Burrup Peninsula in the Pilbara region of Western Australia is simply stunning. Murujuga is thought to have the world’s highest concentration of... Read more
Facebook – a powerful tool for health promotion in Koori communities
Marie McInerney writes: “It’s like word of mouth or the Koori Grapevine, but on steroids!” That is the verdict from James Sheather from the Armajun Aboriginal Health Servic... Read more
Join @WePublicHealth this week for some Scottish and global perspectives on public health
Late last year, Croakey published an article in which some of our contributors nominated the highs and lows of 2015 for public health, amongst other things. I was then rather chuffed to see... Read more
#OnHerTerms: a community campaign for RU 486 in the NT
RU 486 (mifepristone) is listed by the World Health Organisation as an ‘essential medicine’ and has been used by women worldwide as a safe alternative to a surgical abortion. Currently women... Read more