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// Over 70 partner organisations.
// Uniting young people with researchers, practitioners, innovators and policy-makers.
// Safe, supportive, connected, creative and empowered.
// Technology and young people’s mental health and wellbeing.
// Safe. Healthy. Resilient.
// Conversations, communities and creative solutions.

Publications

Recent Publications

Over the next five years the Young and Well CRC will publish new research exploring the role of technologies in young people’s lives and the opportunities to leverage these technologies to improve young people’s mental health and wellbeing.

Attitudes informing the use of technologies by the youth health workforce to improve young people’s wellbeing: Understanding the nature of the “digital disconnect”.
Blanchard, M., Herrman, H., Frere, M., Burns, J.
Youth Studies Australia. Vol 31, No 1, Suppl 1:S14-24. (2012)
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Complex Connections: Meaningful youth participation for mental health promotion.
Collin, P., Rahilly, K., Stephens-Reicher, J., Blanchard, M., Herrman, H., Burns, J.
Youth Studies Australia. Vol 31, No 1, Suppl 1:S36-47. (2012)
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The Benefits of Social Networking Services: Literature Review
Collin, P., Rahilly, K., Richardson, I. & Third, A.
Young and Well CRC, Melbourne (2011)
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Intergenerational Attitudes towards Social Networking and Cybersafety: A Living Lab.
Third, A., Richardson, I., Collin, P., Rahilly, K. & Bolzan, N.
Young and Well CRC, Melbourne (2011)
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Selected Publications

The Young and Well CRC builds on research evidence generated by our partner organisations over the past decade. Selected publications from our CEO Associate Professor Jane Burns and her colleagues include:


Blanchard, M., Herrman, H., Frere, M., Burns, J. (2012) Attitudes informing the use of technologies by the youth health workforce to improve young people’s wellbeing: Understanding the nature of the “digital disconnect”. Youth Studies Australia. Vol 31, No 1, Suppl 1:S14-24. (PDF)
Collin, P., Rahilly, K., Stephens-Reicher, J., Blanchard, M., Herrman, H., Burns, J. (2012) Complex Connections: Meaningful youth participation for mental health promotion. Youth Studies Australia. Vol 31, No 1, Suppl 1:S36-47. (PDF)
Collaboration for Young People, Technology and Wellbeing. (2011) Enabling All Young Australians to Grow Up Safe, Happy, Healthy and Resilient: A Collaboration for Young People, Technology and Wellbeing. Australasian Psychiatry. Vol 19, Suppl 1:S62-4. (PubMed)
Collin, P., Metcalf, A., Stephens-Reicher, J., Blanchard, M., Herrman, H., Rahilly, K., & Burns, J. (2011) ReachOut.com: the role of an online service for promoting help-seeking in young people. Advances in Mental Health Journal 10(1). (HTML)
Stephens-Reicher, J., Metcalf, A., Blanchard, M., Mangan, C. & Burns, J. (2011) Reaching the Hard-to-Reach: How Information Communication Technologies (ICT) can reach young people at greater risk of mental health difficulties. Australasian Psychiatry. Vol 19 Suppl 1:S58-61. (PubMed)
Burns, J.M., Davenport, T.A., Durkin, L.A., Luscombe, G.M. & Hickie, I.B. (2010) The Internet as a Setting for Mental Health Service Utilisation by Young People in Medical Journal of Australia 192(11):S22-S26. (PubMed)
Burns, J.M., Webb, M., Durkin, L.A. & Hickie, I.B. (2010) Reach Out Central: A serious game designed to engage young men to improve their mental health & wellbeing in Medical Journal of Australia 192(11):S27-S30. (PubMed)
Metcalf, A., Blanchard, M., McCarthy, T., Phillips, L., Hartup, M., & Burns, J. (2010) Bridging the Digital Divide: Engaging young people in programs that use information communication technology to promote civic participation and social connectedness. Report for the Inspire Foundation and Orygen Youth Health Research Centre, University of Melbourne, Sydney. (PDF)
Burns, J. & Blanchard, M. (2009) Social Participation in Technology: A pilot project for young people with a disability. Report for Interchange Loddon Mallee, Interchange Central Gippsland & VicHealth, Melbourne.
Burns, J., Blanchard, M. & Metcalf, A. (2009) Bridging the Digital Divide in Australia: the potential implications for the mental health of young people experiencing marginalisation in Ferro, E., Dwivedi, Y., Gil-Garcia, J.R., & Williams, M. Overcoming digital divides: constructing an equitable and competitive information society, Swansea University, UK.
Burns, J., Ellis, L., Mackenzie, A., & Stephens-Reicher, J. (2009) Reach Out: Online Mental Health Promotion for Young People in Counselling, Psychotherapy, and Health 5(1):171-186 The Use of Technology in Mental Health Special Issue.
Burns, J.M., Durkin, L.A. & Nicholas, J. (2009) The mental health of young people in the United States: What role can the internet play in reducing stigma & promoting help seeking? in Journal of Adolescent Health 45(1):95-97.
Burns, J.M. & Morey, C. (2009) Technology and young people’s mental health and wellbeing in Bennett D.L., Towns S.J., Elliott E.J., Merrick J. (eds) Challenges in adolescent health: An Australian perspective, Trafford Publisher, Victoria BC.
Collin, P. & Burns, J.M. (2009) The experience of youth in the digital age in Furlong A. (ed) Handbook of Youth and Young Adulthood: New Perspectives Routledge, Oxford. 2008
Blanchard, M., Chan, E. & Millen, D. (2008) Margins 2 Mainstream: A snapshot of young people’s recommendations for inclusion in the Melbourne Charter on Mental Health Promotion Report for the Inspire Foundation, Melbourne.
Blanchard, M., Metcalf, A. & Burns, J.M. (2008) Young people’s perspectives on taking action, ‘Bridging the Digital Divide’ Report for the Inspire Foundation and Orygen Youth Health Research Centre, University of Melbourne. (PDF)
Blanchard, M., Metcalf, A., Degney, J., Hermann, H. & Burns, J.M. (2008) Rethinking the digital divide: findings from a study of marginalised young people’s information communication technology (ICT) use in Youth Studies Australia 27(4):35-42.
Burns, J.M., Boucher, S., Glover, S., Graetz, B., Kay, D., Patton, G., Sawyer, M. & Spence, S. (2008) Preventing depression in young people. What does the evidence tell us and how can we use it to inform school based mental health initiatives? in Advances in School Mental Health Promotion 1(2):5-16.
Burns, J.M., Collin, P., Blanchard. M., De-Freitas, N. & Lloyd, S. (2008) Preventing Youth Disengagement & Promoting Engagement. Report for the Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY), Perth. (PDF)
Burns, J.M., Durkin, L.A., Nicholas, J. (2008) ReachOut! The Internet as a setting for mental health promotion and prevention in Éisteach: Journal of the Irish Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy 8(1):13-19.
Collin, P. & Blanchard, M. (2008) Promoting participation of young people from new and emerging communities in community and government decision making Making A Difference: National Conference on Social Inclusion for New and Emerging Communities, Migrant Resource Centre of South Australia, Adelaide.
Collin, P. & Blanchard, M. (2008) Promoting participation of young people from new & emerging communities in Migration Action 3(December):17-20.
Metcalf, A., Blanchard, M., McCarthy, T. & Burns, J.M. (2008) Bridging the Digital Divide: Utilising technology to promote social connectedness and civic engagement amongst marginalised young people in 3C Media: Journal of Community, Citizens and Third Sector Media and Communication 4(8):1-15.
Webb, M., Burns, J.M. & Collin, P. (2008) Providing Online Support for Young People with Mental Health Difficulties: Challenges & Opportunities Explored in Early Intervention in Psychiatry 2:108-113.
Yu, J.W., Adams, S.H, Burns, J.M., Brindis, C.W & Irwin, C.E. (2008) Use of Mental Health Counseling as adolescents become young adults in Journal of Adolescent Health 43(3):268-276.
Blanchard, M., Metcalf, A., Burns, J.M. (2007) Bridging the digital divide: creating opportunities for marginalised young people to get connected’ Report for the Inspire Foundation and Orygen Youth Health Research Centre, University of Melbourne, Melbourne. (PDF)
Burns, J., Morey, C., Lagelée A., Mackenzie, A. & Nicholas, J. (2007) Reach Out! Innovation in service delivery in Medical Journal of Australia 187(7):S31-S34.
Hickie, I., Luscombe, G., Davenport, T., Burns, J. (2007) Perspectives of young people on depression: Awareness, experiences, attitudes and treatment preferences in Early Intervention in Psychiatry 1(4):333-339.
Hickie, I., Luscombe, G., Davenport, T., Fogarty, A., Burns. J.M. (2007) Responding to Experiences of Young People with Common Mental Health Problems Attending Australian General Practice in Medical Journal of Australia 187(7):S47-S52.
Swanton, R., Collin, P., Sorenson, I., Burns, J.M. (2007) Engaging, understanding and including young people in the provision of mental health services in International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health 19(3):325-332.

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