Presentation at Trampoline, Melbourne 28th March 2009. Focus on the ways technology has the potential to improve health outcomes through its effects on the social/root determinants of health, and how open data sets will enable rapid learning systems for improving clinical interventions. Links to sites mentioned on slide 99.
35. HEALTH - The state of
complete physical, mental
and social well-being and not
merely the absence of
disease or infirmity - WHO,
1948
36. GOOD HEALTH
Medicine/
Hospitals
Social Determinants of Health
37. BETTER HEALTH
Resilience/Life skills
Social support networks Access to healthcare
Employment/Working conditions
Food
Child development Stable politic security/
Nutrition
Cultural practice Gender
equality
Empowerment
Literacy/Education
96. BETTER HEALTH
Resilience/Life skills
Social support networks Access to healthcare
Employment/Working conditions
Food
Child development Stable politic security/
Nutrition
Cultural practice Gender
equality
Empowerment
Literacy/Education
97. Internet
Internet BETTER HEALTH
Resilience/Life skills
Internet
Internet
Social support networks Access to healthcare
Internet
Employment/Working conditions
Food
Child development Internet
Stable politic security/
Nutrition
Internet
Cultural practice Gender
equality
Empowerment
Internet
Literacy/Education
98.
99. gapminder.org - visualisation
kiva.org - 0% p2p lending
prosper.com - p2p lending
txteagle.com - sms income
mturk.com - small task income
moodgym.anu.edu.au - psychotherapy
ted.com - inspiration
Editor's Notes
I’m going to explore the many factors responsible for and how these will change into the future.
Allows me to ponder the nature of health and technology and where it might head
ECONOMIC and SOCIAL conditions under which people live that act to determine their risk of developing disease.
Ability to access information
Girls - empowerment and choose paths to increase personal wellbeing and
So much potential data slipping through our fingers
Much of it still on paper
Some of it recorded electronically but in silos
Wonder to myself whether we think carefully enough about what we’re doing.
Whether we’re spending our limited resources on