Dr Melody Taba
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The University of Sydney
Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Digital health literacy, young people, social media health communication, co-designMedia
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Dr Melody Taba is a 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 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.
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Female
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2954-1092
Last updated: 31 Oct 2025