New #PhD paper out in Health Expectations! 📣 We #co‑created Health Hive — Australia’s first free online course supporting young people (14–24) to engage in public health research, built with young people as equal partners. 🌏 So far 800+ learners across 47 countries Paper: doi.org/10.1111/hex....
Allyson Todd
@allysontodd.bsky.social
PhD candidate | Research Officer | Youth engagement & chronic disease prevention | MPH, B. Global Studies 🌏 | she/her https://youthwelllab.com https://youthhealthhive.com
Inclusion and impact of digital determinants of health in digital nutrition interventions for adolescents: a systematic review - Paris Mooney @rebeccaraeside.bsky.social @stephaniepart.bsky.social @allysontodd.bsky.social #SydneyNursingSchool academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
The inclusion and impact of digital determinants of health in digital nutrition interventions for adolescents: a systematic review
Abstract. Digital determinants of health (DDoH) is an emerging concept that captures domains relating to both digital health adoption and health equity. Di
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🚨 LAUNCHING SOON: THE HEALTH HIVE 🚨 Throughout my PhD, I’ve had the privilege of working alongside young people to co-create the Health Hive: a free online platform that empowers young people to actively shape research about their health and wellbeing @youthhealthhive.bsky.social
Grateful to have an incredible mentor and PhD Supervisor @stephaniepart.bsky.social 🌟 Thanks @sydney.edu.au for featuring us @youth-well-lab.bsky.social #PhD #mentor #SydneyNursingSchool
PhD candidate @allysontodd.bsky.social and Associate Professor @stephaniepart.bsky.social first connected when Allyson was an undergrad, and have collaborated ever since. Read about their shared passion in youth health and mentorship story: go.sydney.edu.au/4rsp3r
PhD candidate @allysontodd.bsky.social and Associate Professor @stephaniepart.bsky.social first connected when Allyson was an undergrad, and have collaborated ever since. Read about their shared passion in youth health and mentorship story: go.sydney.edu.au/4rsp3r
In collaboration with the Health Advisory Panel for Youth at the University of Sydney (HAPYUS), our scoping review found: 🔍 70 unique studies 🌟 Inspiring youth-led examples HAPYUS also led recommendations to support meaningful youth participation 🙌 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
How Are Adolescents Participating in the Transformation of Healthy Food Environments? A Scoping Review of Empirical Research
Adolescence (10–19 years) is a pivotal life stage, presenting both risks and opportunities for optimizing nutrition. There are global calls advocating for adolescents to play a central role in transf...
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📣 My first PhD paper published in Obesity Reviews. Thanks for the feature @worldobesity.bsky.social Read here: www.worldobesity.org/news/new-rev...
📣 My first PhD paper published in Obesity Reviews. Thanks for the feature @worldobesity.bsky.social Read here: www.worldobesity.org/news/new-rev...
New review highlights how adolescents are shaping healthy food environments | World Obesity Federation
New review explores how adolescents are partaking in efforts to transform food environments to support healthier diets.
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🌟 Join us at the 2025 @phaa-sypph.bsky.social Think Tank Webinar 📅 Thursday 28th August | 6:00pm AEST 💡 Hear from 4 student finalists on how leadership and collaboration can address real health and social challenges. 🔗 Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @publichealthaus.bsky.social
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The Student Think Tank Webinar is back for 2025. Please join us on 28 August at 6pm AEST to see the innovative solutions four student finalists came up with to address a pressing public health proble...
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🆕 NEW! A FREE guide to setting up a Youth Advisory Group 👏Designed by @rebeccaraeside.bsky.social @allysontodd.bsky.social 🙌🏽 With Masters Students Tsun Tsang & Shun Wong 📊 Case study from @sisijia.bsky.social 📲 Download at youthwelllab.com/hapyus → tap “Researcher Resources”
New scoping review alert! 📜 Linked below - Congratulations to senior author & EDIT Collaborator Assoc Prof @stephaniepart.bsky.social and 1st author @allysontodd.bsky.social in publishing this piece of work 👏 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
🚨 Now Open: 2025 PHAA Student Think Tank! Are you a student passionate about public health? 📝 Submit a response (max 750 words) to this year’s prompt about how leadership and collaboration could shape healthy futures 🏆 Great prizes to be won 📅 Due 7th July 🔗 www.phaa.net.au/Web/Web/Abou...
Think tank competition
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Grateful for the opportunity to present my PhD research on how adolescents are participating in food environment transformation at my first international conference, @isbnpa.bsky.social in Auckland - Aotearoa, New Zealand 🌍 @youth-well-lab.bsky.social @stephaniepart.bsky.social
@allysontodd.bsky.social interesting presentation on involving adolescents in research at #ISBNPA2025
🌏 We’re heading to Auckland! We are excited to be on our way to the @isbnpa.bsky.social 2025 conference this week in Aotearoa, New Zealand, catch us on Thursday @rebeccaraeside.bsky.social @sisijia.bsky.social @allysontodd.bsky.social @stephaniepart.bsky.social
🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia Shifting focus to adolescent wellbeing and inclusive participation in the digital age ✍️ Stephanie R Partridge, Allyson R Todd, Si Si Jia and Rebecca Raeside, with the Health Advisory Panel for Youth at the University of Sydney (HAPYUS) buff.ly/dSspt8R
📺 Youth Well Lab on 9 News highlighting how digital environments shape heart health and why prevention matters 🔗 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4iJ... 📰 More: www.9news.com.au/national/con... #HeartWeek2025 @sisijia.bsky.social @rebeccaraeside.bsky.social @allysontodd.bsky.social
Vaping, technology, junk food: Fears younger generation could die earlier | 9 News Australia
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I had a wonderful time @publichealthaus.bsky.social Preventive Health Conference last week. I share my reflections in the latest InTouch Public Health blog. 🔗 intouchpublichealth.net.au/prevention-i... Grateful for the support from the PHAA NSW Branch Scholarship @usydnursingschool.bsky.social
Prevention is Political – Reflections from the 2025 Preventive Health Conference : Intouch Public Health
The conference was a powerful reminder of how deeply public health is intertwined with policy and politics.
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Last week, @allysontodd.bsky.social had the opportunity to present at the @publichealthaus.bsky.social Preventive Health Conference in Canberra, thanks to the support of the PHAA NSW Branch Scholarship 👉 Read her reflections here: intouchpublichealth.net.au/prevention-i... #PHC25 @sydney.edu.au
Last week, @allysontodd.bsky.social had the opportunity to present at the @publichealthaus.bsky.social Preventive Health Conference in Canberra, thanks to the support of the PHAA NSW Branch Scholarship 👉 Read her reflections here: intouchpublichealth.net.au/prevention-i... #PHC25 @sydney.edu.au
Prevention is Political – Reflections from the 2025 Preventive Health Conference : Intouch Public Health
The conference was a powerful reminder of how deeply public health is intertwined with policy and politics.
intouchpublichealth.net.au
📢 New publication just out from our @youthhealthhive.bsky.social Project! This review provides foundational research as we build our Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) for young people. We explored how adolescents engage with open online courses in health and education 📄: doi.org/10.1080/2835...
New Uber Eats feature risks fuelling unhealthy eating habits among young Australians www.croakey.org/new-uber-eat... #publichealth
New Uber Eats feature risks fuelling unhealthy eating habits among young Australians
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Congratulations on a successful co-creation workshop! @allysontodd.bsky.social is leading this important work for her PhD The team will make sustainable impact, creating an online community & course for young people to meaningfully contribute to research about them 💗 @sydneyuni.bsky.social
Today, we hosted a productive workshop co-creating the @youthhealthhive.bsky.social online course 💻🎓 It aims to build adolescent research capacity so they can meaningfully contribute. Exciting things ahead, stay tuned 📅✨ @stephaniepart.bsky.social @usydnursingschool.bsky.social
Today, we hosted a productive workshop co-creating the @youthhealthhive.bsky.social online course 💻🎓 It aims to build adolescent research capacity so they can meaningfully contribute. Exciting things ahead, stay tuned 📅✨ @stephaniepart.bsky.social @usydnursingschool.bsky.social
My latest state-of-the-art review published in @healthpromint.bsky.social provides insights to advance adolescent digital health promotion. Key takeaways: ✅ youth engagement is essential ✅ stronger digital governance is needed ✅ digital determinants must be considered doi.org/10.1093/heap...
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ALT: a man is screaming with the words stop collaborate and listen written above him
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In the Health4Me RCT, 390 adolescents from across Australia enrolled in about 12 months using digital recruitment strategies. Key takeaways: ▶️ social media was effective and low-cost ▶️ need to build trust about health information on social media for adolescents pediatrics.jmir.org/2024/1/e62919/
Recruitment of Adolescents to Virtual Clinical Trials: Recruitment Results From the Health4Me Randomized Controlled Trial
Background: Preventive interventions are needed to provide targeted health support to adolescents to improve health behaviours. Engaging adolescents in preventive interventions remains a challenge, hi...
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To improve health policies, programs and outcomes, young people must be at the table
To improve health policies, programs and outcomes, young people must be at the table
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Please read and share my new article with @croakeynews.bsky.social. This piece reflects views on why including youth voices in public health decision-making may improve health and wellbeing outcomes now and into the future. www.croakey.org/to-improve-h...
To improve health policies, programs and outcomes, young people must be at the table
Introduction by Croakey: In the second of a series of essays from the 2024 National Public Health Student Think Tank Competition,
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Phew, it’s (P)h(D)one! 🎉 Massive thanks to @stephaniepart.bsky.social @aliceinnutrland.bsky.social!! I truly feel so lucky to have had these two incredible supervisors guide my journey. And to everyone who supported me along the way, I couldn’t have done it without you 💛💐
INTRODUCING THE HEALTH HIVE 🐝 🌏 @youthhealthhive.bsky.social A project designed to empower youth to take an active role in research about their health and wellbeing. 📌 Read more here: intouchpublichealth.net.au/launching-th... @stephaniepart.bsky.social @publichealthaus.bsky.social
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The Australian Youth Digital Index (AYDI) released yesterday is such a useful resource on the digital lives of young Australians. I’m quickly updating all the stats in my thesis Introduction because most of mine are from 4 years ago…from a v diff internet! australianyouthdigitalindex.com
Home - Australian Youth Digital Index
Telstra Foundation’s Australian Youth Digital Index (AYDI) provides a free-to-use comprehensive view of how young Australians engage with digital technology from access to connectivity, skills, safety...
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