The 2018 International Guidelines for polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) were intended to standardise diagnosis and improve care, but they also endorsed the controversial Rotterdam diagnostic criteria. These include a larger pool of individuals than alternative definitions and turn many more women into PCOS patients. A growing body of research shows [...]
Listen to the recording of 'Looking forward, looking back: applying lessons in Covid communication to emerging vaccination issue.' Panel members Kirsten McCaffery, Director, Sydney Health Literacy Lab Holly Seale, Associate Professor, UNSW Medicine Dipti Zachariah, Multicultural Health Team Leader, WSLHD Sia Anthopoulos, Director, Corporate Communications, [...]
Recent US guidelines lowered the threshold for diagnosing hypertension while other international guidelines use alternative/no labels for the same group (blood pressure [BP], <140/90 mm Hg). We investigated potential benefits and harms of hypertension and high-normal BP labels, compared with control, among people at lower [...]
It is unclear how people with hypertension are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic given their increased risk, and whether targeted public health strategies are needed. This retrospective case-control study compared people with hypertension to matched healthy controls during the COVID-19 lockdown to determine whether they [...]
'Parenting + Improving health and service-use outcomes through health literacy training for new parents: an effectiveness-implementation hybrid trial' has received funding from the NHMRC. CIs include Kirsten McCaffery, Danielle Muscat, Don Nutbeam, Virginia Schmied, Li Ming Wen, Camille Raynes-Greenow, Alison Hayes, Erin Cvejic and Heather [...]
Dr Jolyn Hersch was awarded an Early Career Fellowship grant of $590,000 to lead a project ensuring ethical and flexible consent in cancer genomic research and clinical practice. Featured in the University of Sydney's Staff News, 24 March 2021.
Online recruitment can be targeted efficiently to recruit specific samples for survey research. It has been shown to be a cost-effective method of recruitment, and useful for geographically dispersed populations.
Overuse of lumbar imaging is common in the emergency department (ED). Few trials have examined interventions to address this. This study evaluated the effectiveness of a multifaceted intervention to implement guideline recommendations for low back pain in the emergency department.
In the last decade, there has been an unprecedented amount of advocacy and attention surrounding the issue of breast density (BD) in relation to mammography screening. It is largely unknown what impact notifying women of their BD has had on clinical practice for PCPs. This [...]
Public cooperation to practise preventive health behaviours is essential to manage the transmission of infectious diseases such as COVID-19. We aimed to investigate beliefs about COVID-19 diagnosis, transmission and prevention that have the potential to impact the uptake of recommended public health strategies.