2025 Publications
Below is a selection of publications from members of the SHeLL team, across all projects.
Publications relating to individual projects are listed under current projects.
| Title | Authors | Journal | Article |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenhouse gas emissions associated with anaesthetic gases in Australia, 2002–2022: a retrospective descriptive analysis | Verlis, K. et al. | Medical Journal of Australia | 10.5694/mja2.70046 |
| Impact of population based breast density notification: multisite parallel arm randomised controlled trial in BreastScreen | Nickel, B. et al. | BMJ | 10.1136/bmj-2024-083649 |
| Effect of virtual care in type 2 diabetes management – a systematic umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analysis | Ravi, S. et al. | BMC Health Services Research | 10.1186/s12913-025-12496-0 |
| Women’s health and healthcare experiences in the years after gestational diabetes or hypertensive disorders of pregnancy | Jenkinson, B. et al. | BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | 10.1186/s12884-025-07296-7 |
| How have interventions targeting pregnant women from refugee, migrant and culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds living in high-income countries been developed or tailored to meet community needs? A systematic scoping review of stillbirth-related literature | Sharma, S. et al. | BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | 10.1186/s12884-024-07091-w |
| Health literacy and medication adherence in adults from ethnic minority backgrounds with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: a systematic review | Parmar, J. et al. | BMC Public Health | 10.1186/s12889-024-20734-z |
| A comprehensive analysis of alcohol and other drug educational resources available in New South Wales, Australia for content, suitability and readability | Varghese, A. et al. | Addiction Science and Clinical Practice | 10.1186/s13722-025-00615-5 |
| Can co-designed educational interventions help consumers think critically about asking ChatGPT health questions? Results from a randomised-controlled trial | Ayre, J. et al. | npj Digital Medicine | 10.1038/s41746-025-02056-5 |
| Enhancing digital health literacy in adolescents: evaluation of a co-designed educational app | Hawkins, A. et al. | BMC Public Health | 10.1186/s12889-025-25022-y |
| Effectiveness of hybrid digital breast tomosynthesis/digital mammography in women presenting for routine screening at Maroondah BreastScreen, Australia: Interim analysis | Marinovich, M.L. et al. | Breast | 10.1016/j.breast.2025.104640 |
| Design and evaluation of a co-produced social media campaign to promote aquatic safety in Queensland national parks | Cornell, S. et al. | Health Promotion International | 10.1093/heapro/daaf181 |
| Addressing misleading medical information on social media: a scoping review of current interventions | Gram, E.G. et al. | BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine | 10.1136/bmjebm-2025-113704 |
| Are bullet points the silver bullet to accessible health information? Cross-sectional analysis of community health information preferences | Ayre, J. et al. | Patient Education and Counseling | 10.1016/j.pec.2025.109336 |
| Interventions to support patient decision making about taking part in health research: A systematic review | Hersch, J. et al. | Patient Education and Counseling | 10.1016/j.pec.2025.109339 |
| Correction: Co-designing an online educational resource to help adolescents improve their digital health literacy (BMC Public Health, (2025), 25, 1, (1870), 10.1186/s12889-025-22949-0) | Aloi, M.A. et al. | BMC Public Health | 10.1186/s12889-025-24455-9 |
| Adapting the Grog survey app for alcohol screening and feedback in aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health services: a mixed methods study protocol | Dzidowska, M. et al. | Addiction Science and Clinical Practice | 10.1186/s13722-025-00602-w |
| Clinicians’ attitudes and knowledge of medicinal cannabis in opioid dependence treatment clinics in New South Wales, Australia | Parvaresh, L. et al. | Journal of Cannabis Research | 10.1186/s42238-025-00315-6 |
| Doing community involvement care-fully: using an ethic of care to guide involvement in research on women’s health after pregnancy complications and loss | Jenkinson, B. et al. | Research Involvement and Engagement | 10.1186/s40900-025-00771-7 |
| Navigating treatment options: a qualitative study exploring Australian women’s decision-making experiences and satisfaction with treatment of heavy menstrual bleeding | Ramsay, J. et al. | BMC Women's Health | 10.1186/s12905-025-03884-z |
| Evaluating the effect of incentives on recruiting people with low back pain with limited English proficiency as part of the COMFORT cluster randomised controlled trial: a study protocol for a study within a trial (SWAT) | Vizza, L. et al. | Trials | 10.1186/s13063-025-08852-4 |
| A Codesigned Patient Decision Aid Supports the Decision Quality of Patients Considering Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized Controlled Trial | Karunaratne, S. et al. | Journal of Arthroplasty | 10.1016/j.arth.2025.05.104 |
| Reducing pathology testing in emergency departments: A scoping review | Kazda, L. et al. | Australasian Emergency Care | 10.1016/j.auec.2025.05.006 |
| Co-designing an online educational resource to help adolescents improve their digital health literacy | Aloi, M.A. et al. | BMC Public Health | 10.1186/s12889-025-22949-0 |
| Multiple Suggested Care Alternatives and Decision-Making of Primary Care Physicians: A Randomized Clinical Trial | Altinger, G. et al. | JAMA Network Open | 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.42949 |
| Trust in the healthcare system declines after exposure to information about the harms and benefits of breast cancer screening | Parmet, T. et al. | Journal of Health Psychology | 10.1177/13591053251315383 |
| Reducing plastic in single-use central line insertion packs: A mixed methods observational study | Seville, A.R. et al. | Anaesthesia and Intensive Care | 10.1177/0310057X251358276 |
| From words to action: time for Australia to take shared decision making implementation seriously | Hoffmann, T. et al. | Medical Journal of Australia | 10.5694/mja2.70065 |
| Medication delivery and dispensing interval preferences of people who use antihypertensive medications in Australia: a survey study | Bonner, C. et al. | Medical Journal of Australia | 10.5694/mja2.70034 |
| Standardising the measurement of child health indicators within global climate adaptation | Cerna-Turoff, I. et al. | The Lancet Planetary Health | 10.1016/j.lanplh.2025.101320 |
| People Strongly Value Physical Therapies for Low Back Pain Over Doing Nothing, Even When Effects Are Very Small: A Discrete Choice Experiment | Longtin, C. et al. | Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy | 10.2519/jospt.2025.13409 |
| Living with congenital heart disease: a qualitative study to explore psychosocial impacts in adulthood | Lloyd, L. et al. | International Journal of Cardiology Congenital Heart Disease | 10.1016/j.ijcchd.2025.100610 |
| Exploring the experiences and perceptions of cancer care treatment decision making for older people with cancer: A qualitative study | He, S. et al. | Journal of Geriatric Oncology | 10.1016/j.jgo.2025.102313 |
| Estimated carbon emissions for PBS-subsidised prescription respiratory inhalers, Australia, 2019–2023: a descriptive analysis | Kazda, L. et al. | Medical Journal of Australia | 10.5694/mja2.52715 |
| ‘It's Putting All the Burden on the Patient’: A Qualitative Study of Health Literacy and Shared Decision-Making in Rural Australian Communities | Gray, H. et al. | Australian Journal of Rural Health | 10.1111/ajr.70084 |
| The Heart Health Yarning Tool: Co-Designing a Shared Decision-Making Tool With Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Risk Management | McKinn, S. et al. | Health Expectations | 10.1111/hex.70387 |
| False premises, false promises: celebrity endorsement of non-evidence-based anticancer interventions on social media | Gram, E.G. et al. | Health Promotion International | 10.1093/heapro/daaf116 |
| Spatio-temporal patterns of prostate-specific antigen testing in asymptomatic men: a population-based cohort study, Australia, 2002–2018 | Kohar, A. et al. | Public Health | 10.1016/j.puhe.2025.105769 |
| Psychosocial impacts of, and barriers to, lung cancer screening: An international qualitative study of multidisciplinary health professionals’ perspectives | McFadden, K. et al. | Patient Education and Counseling | 10.1016/j.pec.2025.109172 |
| Understanding Factors Influencing Decision Making during Assessment of Potential Organ Donors: A Qualitative Study of Clinicians Assessing the Medical Suitability of Potential Donors | Muscat, D.M. et al. | MDM Policy and Practice | 10.1177/23814683251386881 |
| One-Page Patient Fact Sheets for Low Back Pain in Primary Care A Randomized Clinical Trial | Longtin, C. et al. | JAMA Network Open | 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.23352 |
| Mammography Screening Preferences Among Screening-Eligible Women in Their 40s | Scherer, L.D. et al. | Annals of Internal Medicine | 10.7326/ANNALS-25-01110 |
| Sleep practices and association between supine sleep position and stillbirth in a rural sample of pregnant women in Bangladesh | Harris, S.R. et al. | Women and Birth | 10.1016/j.wombi.2025.101934 |
| Exploring Values Clarification and Health-Literate Design in Patient Decision Aids: A Qualitative Interview Study | Ayre, J. et al. | Medical Decision Making | 10.1177/0272989X251334356 |
| Clinicians' Perspectives on Cannabis Use and Cannabis Treatment in Clients Undertaking Opioid Dependence Treatment | Parvaresh, L. et al. | Drug and Alcohol Review | 10.1111/dar.14074 |
| Psychometric Evaluation of the Proxy-Reported Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory Generic Core Scales Across the Childhood Lifespan in Australian Children and Adolescents With Specified Health Conditions | Raghunandan, R. et al. | Value in Health | 10.1016/j.jval.2025.03.018 |
| Technical, legal and ethical framework of cancer audit in cervical screening – Summary of best practices for organised programmes delineated through an expert group consultation | Chandran, A. et al. | International Journal of Cancer | 10.1002/ijc.35403 |
| Fundamentally flawed or functional and feasible? The use of readability metrics in healthcare | Mac, O. et al. | Patient Education and Counseling | 10.1016/j.pec.2025.108741 |
| The Readability Study: A Randomised Trial of Health Information Written at Different Grade Reading Levels | Mac, O. et al. | Journal of General Internal Medicine | 10.1007/s11606-024-09200-z |
| User-driven instructions reduce errors in child restraint use: A randomised controlled trial in Sydney, Australia | Brown, J. et al. | Injury Prevention | 10.1136/ip-2023-045213 |
| Informed Consent for Newborn Genomic Screening: Interest-Holder Perspectives on Dynamic Consent in an Evolving Landscape | Okamura, M. et al. | International Journal of Neonatal Screening | 10.3390/ijns11020041 |
| Values, Preferences, and Risk Tolerance of People Waitlisted for a Kidney Transplant Regarding Potential Deceased Donor Organ Profiles: A Systematic Review | Cutting, R.B. et al. | Transplantation | 10.1097/TP.0000000000005267 |
| Identifying and counteracting fraudulent responses in online recruitment for health research: a scoping review | Comachio, J. et al. | BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine | 10.1136/bmjebm-2024-113170 |
| Radiation oncology patients’ perceptions of artificial intelligence and machine learning in cancer care: A multi-centre cross-sectional study | Chan, J. et al. | Radiotherapy and Oncology | 10.1016/j.radonc.2025.110891 |
| Maternal health literacy and complementary medicine products: Information and recommendation sources used by pregnant and breastfeeding Australian women - results from a national online survey | Barnes, L.A.J. et al. | Midwifery | 10.1016/j.midw.2025.104373 |
| Are AI chatbots concordant with evidence-based cancer screening recommendations? | Nickel, B. et al. | Patient Education and Counseling | 10.1016/j.pec.2025.108677 |
| Beyond bereavement: Women's healthcare experiences and cardiovascular disease risk in the years after stillbirth and recurrent early pregnancy loss | Jenkinson, B. et al. | Women and Birth | 10.1016/j.wombi.2025.101915 |
| Supporting wellness after cancer treatment for women from Chinese, Vietnamese, and Arabic backgrounds: a qualitative study of healthcare provider views | Grant, S. et al. | Supportive Care in Cancer | 10.1007/s00520-025-09417-6 |
| Predictors of fatigue progression in long COVID among young people | Brodwall, E.M. et al. | Brain, Behavior, and Immunity - Health | 10.1016/j.bbih.2025.100982 |
| Australian healthcare professionals' experiences and perception of management of older adults with cancer: A qualitative study | He, S. et al. | Journal of Geriatric Oncology | 10.1016/j.jgo.2025.102234 |
| Co-Designing a Framework for Social Media Health Communication to Young People: A Participatory Research Study | Taba, M. et al. | Health Expectations | 10.1111/hex.70203 |
| Education About Breast Density Does Not Improve Screening Adherence Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Women | Nickel, B. et al. | Journal of Women's Health | 10.1089/jwh.2024.1049 |
| Participant recruitment and retention in randomised controlled trials of melanoma surveillance: A scoping review | Ackermann, D.M. et al. | Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications | 10.1016/j.conctc.2025.101461 |
| The Safety of Social Media Instigated Visitation to National Parks in New South Wales, Australia: Insights From a Population Representative Sample | Cornell, S. et al. | Health Promotion Journal of Australia | 10.1002/hpja.70009 |
| Australia's National Lung Cancer Screening Program—It's Time to Address the Stigma in the Room | Rose, S. et al. | Health Promotion Journal of Australia | 10.1002/hpja.70011 |
| Equity in breast density notification in Australia: A focus group study exploring the impact and needs amongst culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) women | Nickel, B. et al. | Patient Education and Counseling | 10.1016/j.pec.2024.108628 |
| Do vaginal swabs alter empirical clinical management in obstetrics and gynaecology: A retrospective case-series and activity-based costing of the vaginal swab | Kirby, J. et al. | Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology | 10.1111/ajo.13891 |
| Perspectives of people with chronic illness about plain language summaries: a qualitative analysis | Gainey, K.M. et al. | Health Promotion International | 10.1093/heapro/daaf044 |
| Consent to recontact for future research using linked primary healthcare data: Outcomes and general practice perceptions from the ATHENA COVID-19 study | Greaves, K. et al. | Clinical Trials | 10.1177/17407745241304094 |
| Effectiveness of intrapartum azithromycin to prevent infections in planned vaginal births in low-income and middle-income countries: a post-hoc analysis of data from a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial | Carlo, W.A. et al. | The Lancet Global Health | 10.1016/S2214-109X(24)00562-X |
| Cost-effectiveness of intrapartum azithromycin to prevent maternal infection, sepsis, or death in low-income and middle-income countries: a modelling analysis of data from a randomised, multicentre, placebo-controlled trial | Patterson, J.K. et al. | The Lancet Global Health | 10.1016/S2214-109X(24)00517-5 |
| What are the broader impacts and value from a randomised controlled trial conducted in six public hospital antenatal clinics in Australia? An impact assessment using the Framework to Assess the Impact from Translational health research | Elvidge, E. et al. | BMJ Open | 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082795 |
| Corrigendum to “Exploring the factors contributing to increase in facility child births in Bangladesh between 2004 and 2017–2018” [Heliyon Volume 9, Issue 5, MAY 2023, Article e15875](S2405844023030827)(10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15875) | Rana, M.S. et al. | Heliyon | 10.1016/j.heliyon.2025.e43134 |
| Evaluation of how US women react to a decision aid informing them of the harms and benefits of mammography: A qualitative study | Morse, B. et al. | BMJ Open | 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-087997 |
| Effectiveness of primary-contact physiotherapy in managing musculoskeletal conditions in emergency departments: protocol for the RESHAP-ED randomised controlled trial | de Campos, T.F. et al. | BMJ Open | 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-096044 |
| Use of ChatGPT to obtain health information in Australia, 2024: insights from a nationally representative survey | Ayre, J. et al. | Medical Journal of Australia | 10.5694/mja2.52598 |
| Women who experience heavy menstrual bleeding: prevalence and characteristics from young adulthood to midlife, Australia, 2000–2021: a longitudinal cohort survey study | Wilson, L. et al. | Medical Journal of Australia | 10.5694/mja2.52596 |
| "Because That is the Right Thing to do": A Focus Group Study of Australian Expert Perspectives on Offering Smoking Cessation Support in Lung Cancer Screening | Harrison, N.J. et al. | Nicotine and Tobacco Research | 10.1093/ntr/ntae215 |
| Risk factors for fatigue severity in the post-COVID-19 condition: A prospective controlled cohort study of nonhospitalised adolescents and young adults | Selvakumar, J. et al. | Brain, Behavior, and Immunity - Health | 10.1016/j.bbih.2025.100967 |
| Patient and caregiver involvement in implementing health research in chronic kidney disease: A workshop report | Coghlan, D. et al. | Clinical Kidney Journal | 10.1093/ckj/sfaf021 |
| Social Media Posts about Medical Tests with Potential for Overdiagnosis | Nickel, B. et al. | JAMA Network Open | 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.61940 |
| Psycho-oncology clinicians' perceptions of blended psychological therapy for the treatment of anxiety and depression in patients with cancer: A qualitative interview study | Nunes-Zlotkowski, K.F. et al. | Journal of Psychosocial Oncology Research and Practice | 10.1097/OR9.0000000000000163 |
| Addressing the prolonged wait times and escalating complexity in gynaecological care | Readman, E. et al. | Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology | 10.1111/ajo.13896 |
| Does use of anal cytology as a triage test improve the performance of high-risk human papillomavirus screening in gay and bisexual men for anal cancer prevention? | Jin, F. et al. | International Journal of Cancer | 10.1002/ijc.35185 |
| Heart age tools are good for raising awareness, but bad for shared decision-making about medication | Bonner, C. et al. | Heart | 10.1136/heartjnl-2024-325367 |
| Use of digital patient decision-support tools for atrial fibrillation treatments: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Zeng, A. et al. | BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine | 10.1136/bmjebm-2023-112820 |
| Switching to reusable operating theatre equipment: lessons learnt from sterile light handle projects in two Australian hospitals | Chen, S. et al. | ANZ Journal of Surgery | 10.1111/ans.19306 |
| “Your Life, Your Health: Tips and Information for Health and Well-Being”: Development of a World Health Organization Digital Resource to Support Universal Access to Trustworthy Health Information | Muscat, D.M. et al. | JMIR Formative Research | 10.2196/57881 |
| Development of a decision aid for Australian carers of children with cerebral palsy and their community clinicians, about selective dorsal rhizotomy surgery | Lewis, J.A. et al. | Disability and Rehabilitation | 10.1080/09638288.2025.2463637 |
| Authors’ Reply: “Adolescent Cocreation in Digital Health: From Passive Subjects to Active Stakeholders” | Lewis, C.C. et al. | Journal of Medical Internet Research | 10.2196/71897 |
| The Deadly Details: How Clear and Complete Are Publicly Available Sources of Human Rabies Information? | Patane, N. et al. | Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease | 10.3390/tropicalmed10010016 |
| ‘Martial Arts Crossed Over Into the Rest of My Life’: A Qualitative Exploration of Australian Practitioners' Experiences of Martial Arts and Combat Sports on Wellbeing | Healey, G. et al. | Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology | 10.1002/casp.70035 |
| Clinician experiences in providing reassurance for patients with low back pain in primary care: a qualitative study | Young, A. et al. | Journal of Physiotherapy | 10.1016/j.jphys.2024.11.003 |
| Effectiveness of prenatal intervention on neonatal hyperbilirubinemia management in rural Bangladesh: Results from a cluster-randomized trial | Sarker, S. et al. | Public Health | 10.1016/j.puhe.2024.12.018 |
| Perspectives of international experts and the Danish citizens on the ‘relevant knowledge’ that citizens need for making informed choices about participation in cancer screening: Qualitative study | Stokholm, R.N. et al. | Patient Education and Counseling | 10.1016/j.pec.2024.108479 |
| Intrapartum and postpartum antibiotic use in seven low- and middle-income countries: Findings from the A-PLUS trial | Saleem, S. et al. | BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology | 10.1111/1471-0528.17930 |
| Reducing use of desflurane in the anaesthetic department: A controlled interrupted time series analysis | Kazda, L. et al. | Anaesthesia and Intensive Care | 10.1177/0310057X251374691 |
| Influence of Anecdotes of IVF Success on Treatment Decision Making: An Online Randomized Controlled Trial | Chadwick, V. et al. | Medical Decision Making | 10.1177/0272989X251367783 |
| Older Women’s Decision-Making After Receiving Information from a Screening Provider About Breast Cancer Screening Cessation | Smith, J. et al. | Journal of General Internal Medicine | 10.1007/s11606-025-09931-7 |
| Risk Factors for Secondary Postpartum Haemorrhage: Preliminary Data for a Longitudinal Prospective Cohort Study Involving Women Presenting to a Single Tertiary Women's Hospital | Anderson, J. et al. | Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology | 10.1111/ajo.70075 |
| Comparing traditional and AI-enhanced strategies for developing patient decision aids: a multiple case study | Giguère, A. et al. | BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine | 10.1136/bmjebm-2025-113675 |
| Evolving through Complex Learning: Designing a Blueprint for Prescribing Using the Four-Component Instructional Design (4C/ID) Model in Basic Medical Training | Khurshid, F. et al. | Teaching and Learning in Medicine | 10.1080/10401334.2025.2572779 |
| Switch It Off! Carbon, Financial and Health Service Impacts of Switching Off a Computed Tomography Scanner: A Quality Improvement Study | Marks, N. et al. | Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences | 10.1002/jmrs.896 |
| Social Media Use, Influencer Status, and Outdoor Risk-Taking in Australian Adults: Cross-Sectional Survey | Cornell, S. et al. | JMIR Public Health and Surveillance | 10.2196/73089 |
| Gloves off!: Environmental and financial impacts of an educational intervention to improve hand hygiene. A quality improvement study | Wilkie-Miskin, T. et al. | Infection, Disease and Health | 10.1016/j.idh.2025.07.003 |
| Assessing health literacy and its impacts among people accessing unguided internet-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy for depression and anxiety: a treatment-seeking cohort study | Fisher, A. et al. | Advances in Mental Health | 10.1080/18387357.2025.2536801 |
| Quality of Available Cardiovascular Disease Knowledge Tools: A Systematic Review | Fajardo, M.A. et al. | Global Heart | 10.5334/gh.1446 |
| Decision Support Tools in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation: An Environmental Scan and Appraisal of Online Resources | White, S. et al. | Transplantation | 10.1097/TP.0000000000005473 |
| Building capacity for genomics in primary care: a scoping review of practitioner attitudes, education needs, and enablers | Dunlop, K.L.A. et al. | Frontiers in Medicine | 10.3389/fmed.2025.1577958 |
| Countries should strengthen their health information systems | Strong, K. et al. | BMJ | 10.1136/BMJ.R791 |
| Appropriateness of Web-Based Resources for Home Blood Pressure Measurement and Their Alignment With Guideline Recommendations, Readability, and End User Involvement: Environmental Scan of Web-Based Resources | Clapham, E. et al. | JMIR Infodemiology | 10.2196/55248 |