Thursday 17 May 2012

Tut Six: The internet and online communities


My first community is Source4Women Community. The purpose of this community is to Source4Women Community, 2012 stated that the web enables women to ‘connect with other women suffering from depression and anxiety’. There is also the opportunity to ask questions and share advice about: Living with depression and anxiety, treatment options, including counselling and medications, coping methods, such as exercise and diet changes and tips for talking to your doctor about depression and anxiety’. This makes the site quite interactive as women can post about problems they have and view what other women have posted which could help them too. It provides support for the women as they feel that they can relate to one another. Been an only women community is also can take some of the shame a way of giving such personal details about themselves which they could be embarrassed about in front of men.

The web address is http://www.depressiontribe.com/home/_/S/faq
My second community is DepresstionTribe. DepresstionTribe, 2012 stated that there website ‘DepressionTribe is an online support community designed to connect individuals that suffer from depression. Members enjoy a variety of features including:
The website has blogs from therapists and people in the community, forums, articles, polls. The intended purpose of the site is to provide as much information about depression for people who may suffer from depression.
People can register and sign up to the site so they can contrite to it. This will help them and other people who may have the same or similar problems as you. The website is for both male and female.  


The third community ‘ is part of a national public health campaign called the National Depression Initiative and has been created to reduce the impact of depression on the lives of New Zealanders, as well as being a component of the New Zealand Government’s approach to suicide prevention’.
 
The aim of this website is to help New Zealanders suffering from depression in terms of been able to recognise and understand it. It encourages people to seek help and offers resources from health professionals about people experiencing depression.

John Kerwin campiness this community. This helps people talk about personal feelings as they see that depression can happen to anyone and it doesn’t matter how professional you may be.

You can register to the website which them means that you can keep an online journal can upload information about your experiences and ask questions. 

These three communities show and can be related to the concept of occupational justice which refers “to that aspect of social justice that pertains to human occupation or the lack of opportunity thereof”.  This is because these sites provide the users' with their needs and allow users to fully occupy within the webpage to express there, feelings, needs and queries through discussion, online chat forums and helplines.

These communities can also be related to Occupational transition. Occupational transition is 'the changes to occupational engagement as a result of changes in daily life' (Christiansen & Townsend, 2010). Through these online communities each community aims to provide the user with ways to cope, manage and get through depression. This done by the sites providing helpful tips and mechanisms as an effective tool to encourage positive participation in occupations to ultimately improve mental health. 

APA Referencing.


DepresstionTribe, (2011). Frequently asked questions. Retrieved from http://www.depressiontribe.com/


Ministry of Health, (2012). National depression initiative. Retrieved from http://www.depression.org.nz/content/about
 

Source4Women, (n.d). Managing your health. Retrieved from https://www.source4womencommunity.com/community/yourhealth

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