Positive Pathways for Android

11 things about Positive Pathways

1. The Help and Plan section which is also password protected, allows the user to view information on the Positive Pathways program but also to set up the pre-emptive text message in advance.

2. • At the same time as the audio recording, the phone will also prompt you to press SEND on a pre-written text message that asks for help and also sends your current GPS location to your trusted contacts.

3. According to Zonta House Refuge Association Chair, Glenda Scott, the key element and differentiation of this app to any other DV app in Australia, is that the App serves a façade that it is not for emergency use.

4. • To provide mental health support to the user in the form of positive quotes and encouraging the user to think of how others have provided them with happy thoughts or memories whilst also using the dairy to record DV episodes.

5. Zonta House Refuge Association will be launching a brand new app which will potentially save the lives of women in danger from domestic and family violence in Western Australia.

6. The Positive Pathways App, named after the holistic outreach program run by Zonta House, will be the first of its kind in Australia.

7. The audio recording in the phone will be in a hidden location on the phone which can be accessed by logging into the Help and Plan section.

8. In addition, many domestic violence victims claim that their perpetrator can find ways to view the contents of their phone without their knowledge or consent.

9. • By tapping the Positive Pathways logo three times (in two seconds) the app will activate the built in microphone to record five minutes of the crisis situation.

10. The crucial element of this phone therefore, is that it does not appear to be Domestic Violence related and yet it serves an incredible and potentially life-saving purpose”.

11. Much of the App is designed not to stream information from the internet which also serves the purpose to support women in rural and remote regions that are only using their phones through 4G or have little data supply.