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Technology, arts and social connection
Information communication technologies provide many new and exciting opportunities for creative initiatives that promote participation, social connection and community engagement, which have positive health and wellbeing outcomes.
By bringing people closer together, arts participation improves mental health by increasing self-esteem,
self-efficacy and belonging; decreasing stress, anxiety and depression; and reducing social isolation — all of which can be as dangerous to health as smoking, risky drinking and obesity.
The digital revolution is impacting on every area of our daily lives. Our work, leisure time and even our means of communicating with friends and family are all changing in response to increasingly widespread computing and communication technologies.
The emergence of social networking and the convergence of online and offline engagement are facilitating
interesting collaborations between diverse players. As a new sector for health promotion action, VicHealth is excited to be engaged in contributing to building new learnings in information and communications technology.
VicHealth is supporting 14 projects that creatively use existing technologies to increase participation and
social connection across Victoria.
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