Melody Taba

Dr Melody Taba is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Sydney Health Literacy Lab researching youth digital health literacy via mixed- and participatory methods.

Her research focuses on digital health communication to young people and developing interventions to support their digital health literacy, especially in the context of social media and AI.

She recently finished her PhD at the Lab which aimed to improve the social media health communication young people receive from public health agencies during emergencies, using mixed methods and co-design with young people and government stakeholders.

Melody is passionate about youth engagement, participatory design and consumer involvement and is a co-convener of the Sydney Health Literacy Lab community panel, Co-SheLL.

Publications

Co-Designing a Framework for Social Media Health Communication to Young People: A Participatory Research Study Melody Taba et al

COVID-19 messages targeting young people on social media: content analysis of Australian health authority posts  Melody Taba et al

Adolescents’ self-efficacy and digital health literacy: a cross-sectional mixed methods study Melody Taba et al

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