About the study
Project Aims
Investigate and map the ‘digital landscape’ of existing transnational- and national-level digital (mental) health interventions in Australia and the Philippines
Examine the transnational digital wellbeing practices of young people from diverse background in Australia and the Philippines and how these interface with transnational- and national-level digital health (mental) intervention logics and guidance
Identify key conditions for adoption of digital (mental) health health interventions, including acceptability and efficacy, among young people in Australia and the Philippines
Produce and amplify acceptable and effective digital (mental) health technological solutions, design and guidance for future interventions through a co-design process with various stakeholders
Phases and Activities
Phase 1
Situational mapping of the digital (mental) health landscape
Develop a ‘situational map’ of all the actors, concepts and technologies used in the field, and their relations to each other, through a systematic search and analysis of intervention website material and public health guidance
Conduct interview and focus group discussion with 40 health practitioners and service-based organisation staff, technology designers, and policy makers and multilateral institutions (20 from Australia and 20 from the Philippines)
Phase 2
Understanding young people's lived experience and digital (mental) health practices
Recruit young people through social media channels, service providers and youth networks in each country and ensure diversity in participant selection across Australia and the Philippines
Conduct in-depth interviews with 40 young people (20 from Australia and 20 from the Philippines), taking place at the end of year one and then again 10 months later
Explore and document the spaces and (digital) support strategies young people are engaging in, and more broadly examine digital wellbeing practices as they particularly relate to digital mental health
Generate data on collective understandings/tensions and engagement with digital wellbeing through focus group discussions with young people
Phase 3
Co-designing future digital (mental) health interventions
Share findings from Phase 1 and 2 with practitioners, technologists, policy makers, public health officials and multilateral organisation staff, and young people
Conduct targeted co-design workshops that explore key concerns with each specific stakeholder group and co-design future digital health interventions based on innovative workshop activities