Web-based health and wellbeing

resources: A showcase in Queensland,

Australia

Saturday, 15 October 2022

Webinar on Digital Health Content in Public Health Higher Education

Febi Dwirahmadi, SKM, MSc.PH, Ph.D

Center for Environment and Population Health
School of Medicine and Destistry, Griffith University
Queensland, Australia
Email: f.dwirahmadi@griffith.edu.au
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Digital connectivity in Australia (2018 data)

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 Digital technology and health in Australia

• Most (77%) Australians would like their doctor to suggest

health information websites
• 73% have already used the internet to research a health issue
• Of all Australian Google searches, one in 20 are health related
• The majority of older Australians (69% of those aged 65 and
over) have used the internet to look up health information
• However, only a small proportion of the population (6%)
manage to find an online health source that they trust
Data from the National Digital Health Strategy – Published in 2018 3
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 Digital health in Australia

My health
record
E-prescription Tele-health

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 Main platform

The national participation rate for the My Health Record is

90.1 per cent, with 91.2 per cent of Queenslanders having a My
Health Record 6
 My health record
• Healthcare providers access to information
about consumers including vaccinations; allergies;
medical conditions; medications; advance care
documents; and test or scan results.
• Consumers with control over what information
is in their My Health Record including the ability to
permanently delete their My Health Record at any
time.

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My health record - example

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E-Mental
Health and
Wellbeing
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 E-mental health and wellbeing sources
E-mental health offers one of the greatest invest-to-save
opportunities for government and the community in mental
health. E-mental health is clinically effective and huge cost
savings can be gained by integrating it into a fully functional
mental health system of stepped care.”

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“Dear mind”: remember to take time for
yourself
Building block
• Get healthy
• Keep learning
• Show
kindness
• Connect more
• Take notice
• Embrace
nature

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Inside Dear mind (example)

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Griffith University

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Mental heal

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Terima kasih

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