Low Value Care/ Overdiagnosis

Led by Dr Brooke Nickel & Dr Tessa Copp

Low value care and overdiagnosis have serious implications for individuals, healthcare systems, and society. Evidence-based healthcare communication and decision making, including important aspects of health literacy, are essential to ensure low value care and overdiagnosis are addressed.

Projects

Breast Density

Cancer screening for older adults

Decision making regarding multiple cycles of In vitro fertilisation

Developing new models of care for prostate cancer screening

Informing women about overdiagnosis in breast cancer screening

Anti-Mullerian Hormone Studies

Low risk cancer communication

Low Value Care Animation

Management of low-risk ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS)

Misleading marketing on Social Media

Polycystic ovary syndrome studies