Webinar - Insights Into The Digital Health Generation

Join us in this Webinar when we discuss with Dr Emma Rich and Prof Andy Miah how young people’s access to health is changing because of digital technology.

You can register for this webibnat at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PuaE2qzCTeG_GXL3SIm6Xg and once you have done that you will be sent your login details.

Increasingly many young people are turning to the digital world to find out about their health, find a doctor, engage on forums and use apps rather than visit traditional practices that they sometimes find unresponsive.

So how is this digital health world developing and what does it mean to the 21st century health service.

Well the Digital Health Generation is a Wellcome Trust funded research project examining how young people discover, interpret and access health related information.

Launched in November 2017, you can tune in to this webinar to hear from its project leaders to learn about its initial insights, where the project is going next, and how you can get involved.

The Digital Health and Young People project looks especially at how young people access health information through digital space, where we feel there is an urgent need to provide support and guidance.

Professor Andy Miah, PhD is Chair in Science Communication & Future Media, in the School of Environment & Life Sciences, University of Salford, Manchester. Andy regularly interviews for a range of major media companies, which have included BBC’s Newsnight and Start the Week with Andrew Marr, ABC’s’ The 7:30 Review and CBC’s The Hour. Professor His research discusses the intersections of art, ethics, technology and culture and he has published broadly in areas of emerging technologies, particularly related to human enhancement.

Dr Emma Rich is a Reader/Associate Professor in the Department for Health at the University of Bath. Her research examines sport, physical activity and health education from a critical socio-cultural perspective. Over the past 15 years Emma been undertaking critical health research examining the relationship between the cultures, policies and practices of schools and young people’s health, wellbeing and identities. She is currently leading a research project funded by the Wellcome Trust ‘The Digital Health Generation.” Her website is : Www.emmarich.me.uk and you can follow Dr Rich via Twitter account: @DrEmmaRich