New paper alert! Our online trial found that brief, co-designed resources can boost knowledge and help people make safer choices when using AI for health advice. This is a first step towards building AI health literacy for everyone. Read at npj Digital Medicine: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Can co-designed educational interventions help consumers think critically about asking ChatGPT health questions? Results from a randomised-controlled trial - npj Digital Medicine

npj Digital Medicine - Can co-designed educational interventions help consumers think critically about asking ChatGPT health questions? Results from a randomised-controlled trial

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IN PRESS! Collaborative project with Dr Alana Fisher on #healthliteracy of ppl using unguided #iCBT for #depression/#anxiety. Despite diverse literacy challenges - esp. in often underserved groups - users engaged & benefited. 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @sydneyhealthlitlab.bsky.social

Better ways to communicate health messages to young people – five recommendations, by Dr Melody Taba www.croakey.org/better-ways-...

Better ways to communicate health messages to young people

Introduction by Croakey: Social media is the main source of news for young people, according to the 2025 Australian Digital News Report,

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📱Interested in reaching young people with health communication via social media? 🤔 💡We co-designed 5 recommendations with young people and health communicators! Read thread or visit site for more: www.sydneyhealthliteracylab.org.au/social-media... Article 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

My PhD framework is now LIVE! We co-designed 5 recommendations for improving social media health communication to young people, with young people and health orgs📱 🔗: www.sydneyhealthliteracylab.org.au/social-media-comms-for-young-people-framework #AcademicSky #PhDSky #PhDSky #PublicHealth 🦘🎓

Great turn out @uofgshw.bsky.social for @julieayre.bsky.social giving an exciting talk on "What generative AI means for health literacy" 🙌

Mug update: PhD supervisors think it’s tea-riffic way to disseminate my research! ☕️ Even the illustrated figure came out mug-nificantly! Full paper on social media comms: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @carissabonner.bsky.social @julieayre.bsky.social @kirstenmccaffery.bsky.social

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I printed my PhD paper on a mug! Full paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @sydney.edu.au #AcademicSky #PhDSky #PublicHealth 🦘🎓

I printed my PhD paper on a mug! Full paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @sydney.edu.au #AcademicSky #PhDSky #PublicHealth 🦘🎓

Our new patient decision aid paper is out! Key messages are that patients appreciated: ✅ plain language and minimal jargon ✅ encouragement and tools to help them ask questions ✅ our interactive values clarification tool Read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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This week, we’re illuminating the concept of ‘Generative AI’. Read this related article to learn more: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Our final 5 recommendations for social media health communication to young people are:   1️⃣ Involve young people 🤝 2️⃣ Pitch at right level ✅ 3️⃣ Capture attention fast‼️ 4️⃣ Use current social media marketing 🤠 5️⃣ Engage more with the public 🤳🏽 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Fantastic new paper from @melodytaba.bsky.social ! What a wonderful example of codesign!

Dr Melody Taba@melodytaba.bsky.social · 2y ago

🎉 New PhD paper out now!   We co-designed 5 recommendations with young people and health communicators for social media health communication to young people!   Read the full article: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🧵for more ⬇️

After celebrating @melodytaba.bsky.social's recent PhD submission with @sydneyhealthlitlab.bsky.social, we're thrilled to announce her main paper has been published! She codesigned a framework for better social media health communication with young people: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

How great to see not 1 but 2 ultra talented PhD students from @sydneyhealthlitlab.bsky.social submit their theses 🥳. Well done @oliviamac17.bsky.social and @melodytaba.bsky.social !!!🙌🙌👏👏👏🙌🙌

They analysed almost 1,000 social media posts about 5 popular medical tests. Most were utterly misleading theconversation.com/we-analysed-... #overdiagnosis #overtesting #surdiagnostic #choosingwisely

We analysed almost 1,000 social media posts about 5 popular medical tests. Most were utterly misleading

87% of posts mentioned the benefits of the tests, while only 15% mentioned potential harms.

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Our study covered on the latest ABC Health Report. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... @sydneyhealthlitlab.bsky.social @wiserhealthcare.bsky.social

Influencers spreading misinformation online - ABC listen

If you’re like thousands of other Australians you’ve watched the new series on Belle Gibson, agape at the misinformation she spread on social media. Since she was exposed in 2015, platforms like Inst...

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Congrats Melody!! Superstar! It's been an absolute pleasure :)

Dr Melody Taba@melodytaba.bsky.social · 2y ago

Finally submitted my PhD after three and half years of study! I’m currently overwhelmed with feelings but just wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone who has supported me on this journey, especially my incredible supervisors A/Prof Carissa Bonner, Dr Julie Ayre & Prof Kirsten McCaffery ❤️

📣 We have 3x3yr full-time postdocs available!!!!!! 🗣️ Join us in the ABI Communication Lab team @sydneyuni.bsky.social & work on #DigitalHealth projects supporting inclusion after #AcquiredBrainInjury. ▶️ For more information & to apply: usyd.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/USYD_EXTERNA...

Generative AI is clearly here to stay, and people in our communities will need new AI health literacy skills to use this technology safely. Our new study looked at who is using ChatGPT to answer health questions, and for what purposes. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.5694/...

Use of ChatGPT to obtain health information in Australia, 2024: insights from a nationally representative survey

Click on the article title to read more.

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More people are asking generative AI questions about their health. But the wrong answer can be risky theconversation.com/more-people-... @sydneyhealthlitlab.bsky.social @julieayre.bsky.social

More people are asking generative AI questions about their health. But the wrong answer can be risky

Some people ask generative AI health questions that would usually require clinical advice, such as whether to go to hospital for certain symptoms.

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Discussing responsible use of generative AI at #DigitalHealthWeek2025 / @digitalhealthweek.bsky.social . About one third of GPs are using AI transcribing software - what are the benefits and potential risks? Great panel: Farah Magrabi, @yvesaquino.bsky.social, David Navarro and Hamed Akhlaghi.

🧵1/9 Today is #WorldCancerDay, a global day to raise awareness about cancer and to advocate for equal access to cancer care. People with #learningdisabilities face significant inequalities in relation to #cancer deaths, incidence and screening.

Stellar panel for the first day of #DigitalHealthWeek2025! Vital discussion by @julieayre.bsky.social and others on achieving equity, fairness and justice in our health care systems. @digitalhealthweek.bsky.social @sydneyhealthlitlab.bsky.social

Digital Health Week has officially kicked off! Looking forward to hearing all the interesting talks and keynote sessions over the next 3 days! #DigitalHealthWeek2025 @digitalhealthweek.bsky.social

First lead author study of 2025 now published! Are AI chatbots concordant with evidence-based cancer screening recommendations? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @julieayre.bsky.social @melodytaba.bsky.social @sydneyhealthlitlab.bsky.social @wiserhealthcare.bsky.social

Are AI chatbots concordant with evidence-based cancer screening recommendations?

This study aimed to assess whether information from AI chatbots on benefits and harms of breast and prostate cancer screening were concordant with evi…

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Glad my PhD work on #PCOS #overdiagnosis is still being picked up! Thanks @nytimes.com for covering this important topic! www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/o...

Opinion | When There’s a Dearth of Good Information on Women’s Health, a Million Scams Bloom

Especially when fertility is involved.

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Visual key information pages offer a promising solution to long-standing informed consent challenges. Take a look at figure 5 to see what we are doing at Siteman Cancer Center and WashU. #informedconsent #ethics #medsky www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Amazing summary Carissa! A huge year for you! 🙌

A/Prof Carissa Bonner@carissabonner.bsky.social · 2y ago

🧵 Top 5 projects for 2024: 1. Heart Health Checks: link.springer.com/article/10.1... 2. Heart Yarning Tool: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... 3. PhDs: preventioncentre.org.au/resources/ho... 4. Health literacy editor: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... 5. New journal: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Looking for tools to help write health information more simply? Try the Health Literacy Editor. Our trial showed it helps people: ✔️ Lower the grade reading level ✔️ Use less jargon & passive voice ✔️ Score higher on expert health literacy ratings www.sydneyhealthliteracylab.org.au/health-liter...

A late post but want to get the word out there! New prelim work using generative AI to simplify hospital discharge instructions is out in npj Digital Medicine! www.nature.com/articles/s41... The model was able to simplify instructions effectively, but 18% of outputs had a major safety risk.

The quality and safety of using generative AI to produce patient-centred discharge instructions - npj Digital Medicine

npj Digital Medicine - The quality and safety of using generative AI to produce patient-centred discharge instructions

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