TY - JOUR
T1 - #IHMayDay
T2 - Tweeting for empowerment and social and emotional wellbeing
AU - Sweet, Melissa
AU - Geia, Lynore
AU - Dudgeon, Pat
AU - MCCALLUM, Kerry
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Indigenous health
KW - social and emotional wellbeing
KW - Twitter
KW - decolonising
KW - innovation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84988517961&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.mendeley.com/research/ihmayday-tweeting-empowerment-social-emotional-wellbeing
U2 - 10.1177/1039856215609762
DO - 10.1177/1039856215609762
M3 - Article
VL - 23
SP - 636
EP - 640
JO - Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
JF - Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
SN - 1039-8562
IS - 6
ER -
