Health Citizenship:
is participation always effective?

World Social Work Day 2024: shared future for transformative change and health citizenship

Associate Professor Dianne Wepa, Head of Discipline, Social Work, Charles Darwin University, Northern Territory, Australia.

World Social Work Day raises awareness about the importance of social work and celebrates the invaluable contributions of the social work profession. Find out more in this blog.

How do we embed a co-production strategy with health citizens to improve health and social care?

Dr Md Shafiqur Rahman Jabin, Assistant Professor, and Dr Jae Hargan, Experts by Experience Coordinator, University of Bradford, UK.

This blog explores how health citizens play a vital role in improving the quality of life for people who use health and social care services.

Role of health citizenship in improving health outcomes for childhood trauma and violence

Srishti Sharma, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand.

During childhood, any exposure to abuse or maltreatment acts as a serious stressor that leads to cognitive impairments and deficits. Here, Srishti highlights the role of health citizenship in improving health outcomes for childhood trauma and violence.

Four strategies for engaging post-secondary students as collaborators to advance post-secondary student mental health

Jennifer Thannhauser and Andrew Szeto, University of Calgary, Canada.

Jennifer and Andrew discuss four strategies for engaging students as co-researchers and collaborators to address the evolving mental health needs of students. Find out more in their blog.

Health citizenship and digital technology for suicide prevention

Dr Md Shafiqur Rahman Jabin, Assistant Professor, University of Bradford, UK, and Associate Professor Dianne Wepa, Charles Darwin University, Australia.

In their blog, Dr Md Shafiqur Rahman Jabin and Associate Professor Dianne Wepa discuss how digital health technologies have emerged as one of the solutions for suicide prevention.

Lived experience leadership and systems transformation: what are we missing?

Mark Loughhead, University of South Australia.

Many in the mental health space believe in the transformative power of lived experience. In this blog, Mark discusses lived experience leadership in the context of health citizenship.

Health citizens transforming health systems in the developing world: the case of Rugare Medical Centre’s health for all initiative

Dr Charles Mpofu, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand.

The Rugare Medical Centre initiative underscores the importance of fostering a sense of health citizenship and social accountability in health professional education and medical schools.

When psychology meets economics to empower healthy citizens

Sima A.Hamadeh, Ph.D., Associate Professor - Program Coordinator, Public Health Nutrition, Science Journalism, Haigazian University, Beirut, Lebanon.

By integrating behavioural economics into public health initiatives, and food and healthcare systems, we can improve the impact of interventions that empower individuals to make healthier choices.

Reconsidering patient centered care: between autonomy and abandonment

Professor Ruth Parry, Loughborough University, UK and Professor Alison Pilnick, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Nottingham, UK.

Host Rebecca Torr speaks with Professors Alison Pilnick and Ruth Parry on the topic of patient-centered care in relation to patient outcomes and healthcare policy reform.

Find out more and read the transcript