#IHMayDay: Tweeting for empowerment and social and emotional wellbeing

Melissa Sweet; Lynore Geia; Pat Dudgeon; Kerry MCCALLUM

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#IHMayDay: Tweeting for empowerment and social and emotional wellbeing

Melissa Sweet, Lynore Geia, Pat Dudgeon, Kerry MCCALLUM

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Objective: This paper examines the themes of #IHMayDay, a day-long Twitter discussion about Indigenous health led by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples on 1 May 2014. Method: The Symplur analytics tool was used to identify the Twitter activity associated with #IHMayDay. This paper reviews the content of 423 tweets that were tweeted and retweeted by 346 individuals and 108 organisations. Results: Issues related to social and emotional wellbeing were dominant, and the analysis highlights the empowering nature of the strengths-based discourse. Conclusions: 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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	636-640
Number of pages	5
Journal	Australasian Psychiatry
Volume	23
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1039856215609762
Publication status	Published - Dec 2015

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