Aboriginal Help-Seeking behaviours on Social Media

该项目旨在帮助了解澳大利亚土著居民的正式和非正式求助行为。鉴于土著居民对社交媒体的快速吸收，该项目特别旨在调查在线寻求帮助的行为。预计这项研究的结果可能会影响与土著和托雷斯海峡岛民有关的服务和方案中正式帮助来源的发展，包括健康（例如自杀预防）、就业、住房、经济机会和法律服务。该项目的另一个预期成果是更好地了解非正式的寻求帮助以及土著和托雷斯海峡岛民对帮助的反应方式。

This project is designed to contribute to knowledge of formal and informal help-seeking behaviours among Indigenous Australians. Given the rapid uptake of social media by Indigenous people, this project particularly aims to investigate help-seeking behaviours online. It is anticipated that the outcome of this research may influence the development of formal help sources in the services and programs relevant to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, including health (eg suicide prevention), employment, housing, economic opportunities and legal services. Another intended outcome of the project is to better understand informal help-seeking and the way in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people respond to help.