Digital Project Manager
BCom(Curtin), BA Information Systems and Technology
Bec Nguyen is a Digital Project Manager with the Health Promotion and Education Research team, overseeing all digital health projects.
She is currently project managing CoLab’s Bright Tomorrows App Project and The Beacon App Project.
Her background in digital health project management, UX (user experience) design thinking and community engagement has enabled her to collaborate with a number of digital health projects across multiple research focus areas at Telethon Kids Institute to support the translation of research to the wider community through digital technology and smartphone apps.
She advocates strongly to include the involvement of the community, especially children and young people, to be co-designers and co-researchers within each project.
Since 2015, she has directly contributed to grant and philanthropic funding applications in digital health research with a funding total of over $3.7 million.
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April 2023
The impact of weather on time allocation to physical activity and sleep of child-parent dyads
Previous studies showed that unfavourable weather conditions discourage physical activity. However, it remains unclear whether unfavourable weather conditions have a differential impact on physical activity in children compared with adults.
Published research Early Childhood Development Human Capability Child Physical Activity, Health and DevelopmentMarch 2022Developing an Online Tool to Promote Safe Sun Behaviors With Young Teenagers as Co-researchers
Despite education about the risks of excessive sun exposure, teenagers in Australia are sun-seeking, with sunburn common in summer. Conversely, some regular (time-limited) exposure to sunlight (that avoids sunburn) is necessary for vitamin D and healthy bones and other molecules important for immune and metabolic health. New interventions are thus required to better support teenagers to make healthy and balanced decisions about their sun behaviors.
Published research Vitamin D and Sunlight Inflammation Cardiometabolic Sunhealth Subsite: CliniKids School and Community WellbeingJanuary 2022The Effects of Using the Sun Safe App on Sun Health Knowledge and Behaviors of Young Teenagers: Results of Pilot Intervention Studies
A balanced approach toward sun exposure and protection is needed by young people. Excessive sun exposure increases their risk for skin cancers such as melanoma, whereas some exposure is necessary for vitamin D and healthy bones. We have developed a new iOS smartphone app-Sun Safe-through a co-design process, which aims to support healthy and balanced decision-making by young teenagers (aged 12-13 years).
Published research Vitamin D and Sunlight Cardiometabolic Sunhealth Subsite: CliniKids Technology & Kids School and Community WellbeingNovember 2022Victim-Survivors, Family and Domestic Violence Service Providers and Support People: Identification of Priority Issues for Research and Translation into Policy and Practice
The rates of family and domestic violence (FDV) remain significantly high in Australia, and to address this, we need to ensure that victim-survivors of FDV are at the centre of these efforts. The research objective was to determine priority issues for future research and policy in FDV as determined by victim-survivors of FDV, providers of FDV services and informal support people.
Published research Human CapabilityAugust 2022A Gender Lens on User Quality Ratings From Young Teenagers Assessing the Sun Safe App: Comparing Responses From Co-researchers and Participants of Pilot Intervention Studies
We developed the iOS smartphone app Sun Safe to support healthy sun practices in young teenagers (aged 12-13 years). The production involved co-design with young co-researchers (ie, aged 12-13 years) with a health message of using sun protection when the UV index is ≥3. Important features include real-time and location-specific weather data on the UV index and gamified educational content.
Published research Vitamin D and Sunlight Cardiometabolic Sunhealth Food and NutritionSeptember 2021Sun-health behaviours and attitudes towards sun safety amongst Australian teenagers: a qualitative update
This study aimed to explore current attitudes towards sun protection, and sun-seeking behaviour among young Australian adolescents. It was done as part of a larger project aiming to develop a digital resource to support young people in making informed sun-health decisions.
Published research Vitamin D and Sunlight Cardiometabolic Sunhealth Youth Mental Health School and Community WellbeingMarch 2020Developing a smartphone application to support social connectedness and wellbeing in young people with cystic fibrosis
This study developed and tested a highly usable, and moderately acceptable, smartphone app to improve the psychosocial health of young people living with CF
Cystic Fibrosis Published research School and Community WellbeingJanuary 2018Bullying and mental health amongst Australian children and young people with cystic fibrosis
This study describes the peer bullying experiences of young people with CF, and examines associations between school bullying and the psychological well-being of these young people
Cystic Fibrosis Published research Youth Mental Health School and Community Wellbeing -
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