CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS FOR AN ARC DECRA PROJECT

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I am currently recruiting participants for an Australian Research Council (ARC) DECRA Project, "Exploring the Digital Divide in the Ageing Migrant's Personal Home" (DE230101380).

To know more about the call for participants, continue reading.

I am Dr Earvin Charles B. Cabalquinto, an ARC DECRA Fellow and Senior Lecturer at Monash University. I am currently conducting research to examine and address digital exclusion in Australia by exploring the everyday access and use of a mobile phone, social media, mobile applications and different communication devices of older Filipino-Australians in Victoria, Australia and their support networks in Melbourne, Australia and the Philippines. The research will explore the benefits and challenges experienced by older Filipino-Australians and their local and overseas support networks in accessing and using digital communication technologies in the home setting. The generated insights will be used to create practical and culturally appropriate recommendations and resource materials to better support ageing migrants’ connective capacities and improve their personal and social wellbeing.

I am currently recruiting participants for an ARC DECRA project, "Exploring the digital divide in the ageing migrant's personal home" ((DE230101380).

The participants?
Seeking 30 Filipino migrant households comprised of older Filipino-Australians in Victoria, Australia and their support networks in Victoria, Australia and the Philippines and examine their positive and negative experiences of using digital media, social media, mobile applications and other communication devices in their everyday personal, familial and social lives.

What does the research involve?
The study is seeking participants for a research study that examines the positive and negative impacts of using digital media, social media, mobile applications and other communication devices on the lives of older Filipino-Australians in Victoria, Australia and their support networks in Victoria, Australia and the Philippines.

Participant Eligibility – Older Filipino-Australian:

• Identify as older Filipino Australian
• Residing in Victoria, Australia
• 65 years old and above
• Living with a family member or staying in their own home

Participant Eligibility – Support Network in Victoria, Australia and the Philippines

• Identify as a support network of an older Filipino-Australian
• 18 years and above
• Residing in Victoria for the support network in Australia
• Residing in urban and regional areas for support network in the Philippines

Study information:

• For the older Filipino-Australian, two house visits involving semi-structured interviews, photo elicitation and recorded observational videos
• For the support networks in Victoria, Australia and the Philippines, a once-off session involving semi-structured interviews, photo elicitation and recorded observational videos
• Interviews in Tagalog, English, or Tagalog-English
• To be conducted in person
• Interviews in their own residential home
• There might be a follow-up interview, which may last for 15 to 30 minutes. The follow-up interview will be deployed to seek clarifications on the data collected during the interview.

Feel free to contact me at [email protected]. 

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The project is funded by the Australian Research Council (DE230101380).

​This study has received Monash University ethics approval (Project ID: 39371).

Thank you very much for your support.

You can download the recruitment flyer.​