ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES: This paper explores an approach to an evaluation challenge: to demonstrate the impact of an initiative drawing on innovative use of information/multimedia technology and performance to address perceived social needs within a disadvantaged, remote Indigenous Australian community. RESULTS: The approach is described and preliminary data are presented supporting the importance of local production and participation.
Subject(s)
Art Therapy/organization & administration , Multimedia , Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander/psychology , Adolescent , Adult , Art Therapy/instrumentation , Art Therapy/statistics & numerical data , Australia , Communication , Consumer Health Information , Female , Food , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Rural Population , Young AdultABSTRACT
In conjunction with the Creating Futures conference, the inaugural meeting of the National Indigenous Health and New Media Forum (NIHNMF--pronounced as 'nymph') was held at the Tanks Gallery in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. This paper describes the background to this innovative meeting of media minds. It also explores an emerging vision for addressing Indigenous health disparities through digital inclusion to overcome the 'digital divide' between mainstream and Indigenous Australians that constrains the delivery of appropriate health promotion to this health priority population.
