Participatory Digital Health & Inclusive Technology Lab

Co-designing digital health solutions with vulnerable communities

Indonesia faces complex public health challenges — from unmet youth mental health needs and unsafe medication use among older adults, to persistent barriers for people with disabilities and inequitable access to care across provinces.

The PARTICIPATE Lab addresses these gaps through participatory approaches to digital health innovation for vulnerable populations in Indonesia and comparable low- and middle-income country (LMIC) contexts. We generate policy-relevant evidence on how digital technologies can be co-designed, implemented, and governed to improve equity, access, and quality of health care across the life course.

  • Participatory co-design

    To position communities as active partners in the co-design, testing, and evaluation of digital health technologies for vulnerable populations in Indonesia and comparable LMIC contexts.

  • Youth & family mental health

    To develop and evaluate digital interventions addressing adolescent mental health, adverse childhood experiences, and parenting support for families in Indonesia and the Southeast Asia region.

  • Ageing & disability

    To improve access to digital tools that support safe medication use, self-management, and service navigation for older adults and people with disabilities.

Our works

  1. Kita Bersama: Reducing Violence-Induced Mental Health Issues in Indonesian Youth
  2. Amplifying Thriving Community Voices: Building an ethical framework for participatory research with children and adolescents at the intersection of health and climate change in South and Southeast Asia
  3. Advancing normative, epistemic and democratic climate and health research methods in Malaysia and Indonesia
  4. Boosting culturally appropriate medication management for older people in the Indo-Pacific
  5. Co-designing a technology-enabled Global Living Guidelines Evidence System
  6. Equitable AI in Healthcare: Enhancing Stroke Diagnosis and Prognosis through Multi-modal Learning
  7. Reimagining the Leprosy Heritage in Indonesia: History, Stigma, and Community Engagement
  8. Model of Future - proofing for Climate Resilience by Engaging Communities (MoFREC) in Eastern Indonesia
  9. Designing online Community Assistance Ecosystem Framework (CAEF) to assist disabled stroke survivors and caregivers in accessing health services
  10. Creating a dementia – friendly eyecare workforce in Southeast Asia
  11. Together in Motion: Active Ageing and Dementia Care Inclusion Collaboration

Meet the researchers

The PARTICIPATE Lab is composed of a multidisciplinary team of experts dedicated to addressing critical gaps in public health through inclusive digital innovation. Our researchers combine deep expertise in pharmacoepidemiology, gerontology, and mental health to co-design evidence-based solutions that improve healthcare equity and access for vulnerable populations throughout Indonesia and the Southeast Asia region. Under the leadership of Associate Professor Grace Wangge, the team works at the intersection of technology and governance to transform health outcomes across the life course.

Our collaborators

We collaborate with leading institutions across Indonesia, Australia, and Malaysia.

  1. Ministry of Health – Republic of Indonesia
  2. National Brain Hospital Indonesia
  3. Orygen
  4. PUSKAPA – Universitas Indonesia
  5. Victoria Heart Institute
  6. Australian Living Evidence Collaboration (ALEC)
  7. ACTION Lab, Faculty of IT – Monash University Australia
  8. Faculty of Pharmacy – Monash University Malaysia
  9. Rehabilitation, Ageing and Independent Living (RAIL) Research Centre, School of Primary and Allied Health - Monash University Australia
  10. Indonesian Physiotherapy Association

Publications & media

Below are our recent books, peer-reviewed publications and media coverage of our research.