The team at the Health Media Centre conducts research to improve people’s health and wellbeing through the generation and promotion of evidence-informed strategies health journalism, health communication, and consumer participation in health. We also evaluate health communication campaigns and interventions.

Current research projects

A Systematic Review of Mental Health Promotion Strategies on Social Media

Recent Publications

• Nattembo, A. (2025). Images decoded: Visual mental health communication on Facebook in Australia. SSRN.
• Nattembo, A. (2026). Expert, activist and vulnerable: Discursive construction of mental health identities on social media. Health Literacy and Communication Open.
• Nattembo, A. (2026). A critical discourse analysis of online mental health meaning-making in Australia. Health & New Media Research.
• Nattembo, A. (2022). Mediated Meaning: The Representation of Mental Health on Social Media Platforms. PhD Thesis, The University of Adelaide.
• Nattembo, A. (2021). A techno-socio exploration of mental health communication on social media. Health & New Media Research, 5(2), 171.
• Nattembo, A. (2020). Protecting children online? Cyberbullying policies of social media companies. Information, Communication & Society.
• Nattembo, A. (2018). Attitudes, knowledge and perceptions towards cervical cancer messages among female university students. Cogent Medicine, 5(1), 1451427.