By Associate Professor Ryan James Courtney

Journal articles

Swithenbank Z; Bricca A; Black N; Hartmann Boyce J; Johnston M; Scott N; West R; Courtney RJ; Treweek S; Michie S; de Bruin M, 2024, 'Tailoring CONSORT-SPI to improve the reporting of smoking cessation intervention trials: An expert consensus study', Addiction, 119, pp. 225 - 235, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.16340

Wróblewski K; Szultka-Młyńska M; Courtney RJ; Buszewski B; Tutka P, 2023, 'Development and Validation of LC-MS/MS Method for Determination of Cytisine in Human Serum and Saliva', International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms242015364

Talukder SR; Lappin JM; Boland V; McRobbie H; Courtney RJ, 2023, 'Inequity in smoking cessation clinical trials testing pharmacotherapies: exclusion of smokers with mental health disorders', Tobacco Control, 32, pp. 489 - 496, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056843

Foley C; Allan J; Lappin J; Courtney R; Farnbach S; Henderson A; Shakeshaft A, 2023, 'Utilising the Implementation of Integrated Care to Develop a Pragmatic Framework for the Sustained Uptake of Service Innovations (SUSI)', Healthcare (Switzerland), 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11121786

Saxby K; Ireland A; Ghijben P; Sweeney R; Sia KL; Chen E; Farrell M; McRobbie H; Courtney R; Petrie D, 2023, 'Household Composition and Smoking Behavior in a Prospective Longitudinal Australian Cohort', Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 25, pp. 859 - 866, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntac270

Davies K; Courtney RJ; Summersby-Mitchell M; Morell R; Briggs N; Lappin JM, 2023, 'A systematic review of factors associated with sustained smoking abstinence in people experiencing severe mental illness following participation in a smoking intervention', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 57, pp. 489 - 510, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674221147206

Courtney R; Gupta D; Gould GS, 2023, 'The Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs' submission to the consultation draft National Tobacco Strategy 2022–2030', Drug and Alcohol Review, 42, pp. 507 - 512, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13603

Snowdon N; Allan J; Shakeshaft A; Courtney RJ, 2023, '"I didn't even know headspace had the drug thing until today": A socio-ecological analysis of access to drug and alcohol interventions in integrated youth health care services.', J Subst Use Addict Treat, 146, pp. 208959, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.josat.2023.208959

Howard BC; McRobbie H; Petrie D; Barker D; Mendelsohn C; Anderson J; Borland R; Naughton F; Tutka P; Zwar N; Boland VC; Aiken A; Shakeshaft A; Gartner C; Richmond RL; Hall W; Mattick RP; Farrell M; Courtney RJ, 2022, 'Effectiveness, safety and cost-effectiveness of vaporized nicotine products versus nicotine replacement therapy for tobacco smoking cessation in a low-socioeconomic status Australian population: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial', Trials, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06644-8

James DB; Lee KSK; Dronavalli M; Courtney RJ; Conigrave KM; Conigrave JH; Shakeshaft A, 2022, 'Predictors of length of treatment, discharge reason, and re-admission to Aboriginal alcohol and other drug residential rehabilitation services in New South Wales, Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 41, pp. 603 - 615, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13388

Jin X; Kinner SA; Hopkins R; Stockings E; Courtney RJ; Shakeshaft A; Petrie D; Dobbins T; Puljevic C; Chang S; Dolan K, 2021, 'A randomised controlled trial of motivational interview for relapse prevention after release from smoke-free prisons in Australia', International Journal of Prisoner Health, 17, pp. 462 - 476, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/IJPH-01-2020-0003

Courtney RJ; Tutka P; Farrell M, 2021, 'The Effect of Cytisine vs Varenicline on Smoking Cessation - Reply', JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association, 326, pp. 1872 - 1873, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2021.16064

Courtney RJ; McRobbie H; Tutka P; Weaver NA; Petrie D; Mendelsohn CP; Shakeshaft A; Talukder S; Macdonald C; Thomas D; Kwan BCH; Walker N; Gartner C; Mattick RP; Paul C; Ferguson SG; Zwar NA; Richmond RL; Doran CM; Boland VC; Hall W; West R; Farrell M, 2021, 'Effect of Cytisine vs Varenicline on Smoking Cessation: A Randomized Clinical Trial', JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association, 326, pp. 56 - 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2021.7621

McRobbie H; Boland VC; Courtney RJ, 2021, 'Assessing cannabis and tobacco co-use: the pros and cons of additional data collection', Addiction, 116, pp. 1631 - 1633, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.15373

Wamamili B; Lawler S; Wallace-Bell M; Gartner C; Sellars D; Grace RC; Courtney R; Coope P, 2021, 'Cigarette smoking and e-cigarette use among university students in Queensland, Australia and New Zealand: Results of two cross-sectional surveys', BMJ Open, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041705

McRobbie HJ; Phillips-Waller A; El Zerbi C; McNeill A; Hajek P; Pesola F; Balmford J; Ferguson SG; Li L; Lewis S; Courtney RJ; Gartner C; Bauld L; Borland R, 2020, 'Nicotine replacement treatment, e-cigarettes and an online behavioural intervention to reduce relapse in recent ex-smokers: A multinational four-arm rct', Health Technology Assessment, 24, pp. 1 - 81, http://dx.doi.org/10.3310/hta24680

Courtney RJ; Boland VC; McRobbie H, 2020, 'Inequalities in cessation and critique of possible contributing factors: taking stock of a perseveration with current treatment approaches, uptake of promising treatments and limited upscaling of interventions with positive equity impact', Addiction, 115, pp. 1788 - 1790, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.15073

James DB; Lee KK; Patrao T; Courtney RJ; Conigrave KM; Shakeshaft A, 2020, 'Understanding the client characteristics of Aboriginal residential alcohol and other drug rehabilitation services in New South Wales, Australia', Addiction Science and Clinical Practice, 15, pp. 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13722-020-00193-8

Lappin JM; Thomas D; Curtis J; Blowfield S; Gatsi M; Marr G; Courtney R, 2020, 'Targeted intervention to reduce smoking among people with severe mental illness: Implementation of a smoking cessation intervention in an inpatient mental health setting', Medicina (Lithuania), 56, pp. 204, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina56040204

Snowdon N; Allan J; Shakeshaft A; Rickwood D; Stockings E; Boland VC; Courtney RJ, 2019, 'Outpatient psychosocial substance use treatments for young people: An overview of reviews', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 205, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.107582

Tutka P; Vinnikov D; Courtney RJ; Benowitz NL, 2019, 'Cytisine for nicotine addiction treatment: a review of pharmacology, therapeutics and an update of clinical trial evidence for smoking cessation', Addiction, 114, pp. 1951 - 1969, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.14721

Vallesi S; Flatau P; Thielking M; Mackelprang JL; Taylor KM; La Sala L; Spiers J; Wood L; Martin K; Kragt D; Lester L; Whittaker E; Courtney RJ, 2019, 'A mixed methods randomised control trial to evaluate the effectiveness of the journey to social inclusion - Phase 2 intervention for chronically homeless adults: Study protocol', BMC Public Health, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6644-1

Boland VC; Mattick RP; Siahpush M; Barker D; Doran CM; Martire KA; Bonevski B; McRobbie H; Borland R; Farrell M; West R; Courtney RJ, 2019, 'Factors associated with Quitline and pharmacotherapy utilisation among low-socioeconomic status smokers', Addictive Behaviors, 89, pp. 113 - 120, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.09.029

Bartusik-Aebisher D; Aebisher D; Courtney RJ; Sobczak A; Bober Z; Podgórski R; Kołodziejczyk P; Tutka P, 2019, 'Applications of cytisine extraction and detection in biological materials for clinical medicine', Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica - Drug Research, 76, pp. 797 - 804, http://dx.doi.org/10.32383/appdr/109895

Jin X; Kinner SA; Hopkins R; Stockings E; Courtney RJ; Shakeshaft A; Petrie D; Dobbins T; Dolan K, 2018, 'Brief intervention on Smoking, Nutrition, Alcohol and Physical (SNAP) inactivity for smoking relapse prevention after release from smoke-free prisons: A study protocol for a multicentre, investigator-blinded, randomised controlled trial', BMJ Open, 8, pp. e021326, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-021326

Thomas T; Farrell M; McRobbie H; Tutka P; Petrie D; West R; Siahpush M; Gartner C; Walker N; Mendelsohn C; Hall W; Paul C; Zwar N; Ferguson S; Veronica B; Richmond R; Doran C; Shakeshaft A; Mattick R; Courtney R; Thomas D; Boland V, 2018, 'The effectiveness, safety and cost-effectiveness of cytisine versus varenicline for smoking cessation in an Australian population: a study protocol for a randomized controlled non-inferiority trial', Addiction, 114, pp. 923 - 933, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.14541

Boland VC; Stockings EA; Mattick RP; McRobbie H; Brown J; Courtney RJ, 2018, 'The Methodological Quality and Effectiveness of Technology-Based Smoking Cessation Interventions for Disadvantaged Groups: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis', Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 20, pp. 276 - 285, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntw391

Boland VC; Mattick RP; McRobbie H; Siahpush M; Courtney RJ, 2017, '"I'm not strong enough; I'm not good enough. i can't do this, I'm failing"- A qualitative study of low-socioeconomic status smokers' experiences with accesssing cessation support and the role for alternative technology-based support', International Journal for Equity in Health, 16, pp. 196, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12939-017-0689-5

Martire KA; clare P; courtney R; bonevski B; boland V; borland R; Doran C; Farrell M; hall W; Iredale J; siahpush M; mattick R, 2017, 'Smoking and Finances: Baseline Characteristics of Low Income Daily Smokers in the FISCALS Cohort', International Journal for Equity in Health, 16, pp. 157, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12939-017-0643-6

Courtney RJ; Clare P; Boland V; Martire KA; Bonevski B; Hall W; Siahpush M; Borland R; Doran CM; West R; Farrell M; Mattick RP, 2017, 'Predictors of retention in a randomised trial of smoking cessation in low-socioeconomic status Australian smokers', Addictive Behaviors, 64, pp. 13 - 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.07.019

James D; Shakeshaft A; Munro A; Courtney RJ, 2017, 'The need to move from describing to evaluating the effectiveness of indigenous drug and alcohol residential rehabilitation services: A systematic review', Current Drug Abuse Reviews, 10, pp. 52 - 67, http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874473711666180404123904

Walker N; Bullen C; Barnes J; McRobbie H; Tutka P; Raw M; Etter JF; Siddiqi K; Courtney RJ; Castaldelli-Maia JM; Selby P; Sheridan J; Rigotti NA, 2016, 'Getting cytisine licensed for use world-wide: a call to action', Addiction, 111, pp. 1895 - 1898, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.13464

Dolan K; Wirtz AL; Moazen B; Ndeffo-mbah M; Galvani A; Kinner SA; Courtney R; McKee M; Amon JJ; Maher L; Hellard M; Beyrer C; Altice FL, 2016, 'Global burden of HIV, viral hepatitis, and tuberculosis in prisoners and detainees', The Lancet, 388, pp. 1089 - 1102, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30466-4

Iredale JM; Clare PJ; Courtney RJ; Martire KA; Bonevski B; Borland R; Siahpush M; Mattick RP, 2016, 'Associations between behavioural risk factors and smoking, heavy smoking and future smoking among an Australian population-based sample', Preventive Medicine, 83, pp. 70 - 76, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2015.11.020

Courtney R, 2015, 'CRITIQUE: The Health Consequences of Smoking—50 Years of Progress: A Report of the Surgeon General 2014', Drug and Alcohol Review, 34, pp. 694 - 695, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/DAR.12309

Tzelepis F; Paul CL; Wiggers J; Kypri K; Bonevski B; McElduff P; Hill MA; Morgan PJ; Lynagh M; Collins CE; Campbell E; Courtney RJ; Chapman K; Wolfenden L; Guillaumier A; Searles A, 2015, 'Targeting multiple health risk behaviours among vocational education students using electronic feedback and online and telephone support: Protocol for a cluster randomised trial Health behavior, health promotion and society', BMC Public Health, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1898-8

courtney R; naicker S; Shakeshaft A; clare P; Martire KA; mattick R, 2015, 'Smoking Cessation among Low-Socioeconomic Status and Disadvantaged Population Groups: A Systematic Review of Research Output', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 12, pp. 6403 - 6422, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph120606403

Clare P; Slade T; Courtney RJ; Martire K; Mattick RP, 2014, 'The difference between rigor and specificity in examining methodologies for analyzing survey data: response to commentary', Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 16, pp. 1539 - 1540, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntu189

Clare P; Slade T; Courtney RJ; Martire KA; Mattick RP, 2014, 'Use of smoking cessation and quit support services by socioeconomic status over 10 years of the national drug strategy household survey', Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 16, pp. 1647 - 1655, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntu119

Courtney RJ; Bradford D; Martire KA; Bonevski B; Borland R; Doran C; Hall W; Farrell M; Siahpush M; Sanson-Fisher R; West R; Mattick RP, 2014, 'A randomized clinical trial of a financial education intervention with nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) for low socio-economic status Australian smokers: a study protocol', Addiction (Abingdon, England), 109, pp. 1602 - 1611, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.12669

Courtney RJ; Bradford D; Martire KA; Bonevski B; Borland R; Doran C; Hall W; Farrell M; Siahpush M; Sanson-Fisher R; West R; Mattick RP, 2014, 'A randomized clinical trial of a financial education intervention with nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) for low socio-economic status Australian smokers: a study protocol', Addiction (Abingdon, England), 109, pp. 1602 - 1611, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.12669

Clare ; bradford ; Courtney RJ; Martire KA; Mattick RP, 2014, 'The relationship between socioeconomic status and ‘hardcore’ smoking over time – greater accumulation of hardened smokers in low-SES than high-SES smokers', Tobacco Control, 23, pp. e89 - e97, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2013-051436

Paul C; Courtney R; Sanson-Fisher R; Carey M; Hill D; Simmons J; Rose S, 2014, 'A randomized controlled trial of the effectiveness of a pre-recruitment primer letter to increase participation in a study of colorectal screening and surveillance', BMC Medical Research Methodology, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-14-44

Courtney RJ; Paul CL; Carey ML; Sanson-Fisher RW; Macrae FA; D'Este C; Hill D; Barker D; Simmons J, 2013, 'A population-based cross-sectional study of colorectal cancer screening practices of first-degree relatives of colorectal cancer patients', BMC Cancer, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-13-13

Courtney R; Paul CL; Sanson-Fisher R; Macrae FA; Carey ML; Attia J; McEvoy M, 2013, 'Individual- and provider-level factors associated with colorectal cancer screening in accordance with guideline recommendation: a community-level perspective across varying levels of risk', BMC Public Health, 13, pp. 248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-248

Courtney RJ; Paul CL; Sanson-Fisher RW; Macrae FA; Attia J; McEvoy M, 2012, 'Factors associated with consultation behaviour for primary symptoms potentially indicating colorectal cancer: A cross-sectional study on response to symptoms', BMC Gastroenterology, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-12-100

Paul C; Carey M; Anderson A; Mackenzie L; Sanson-Fisher R; Courtney R; Clinton-McHarg T, 2012, 'Cancer patients' concerns regarding access to cancer care: perceived impact of waiting times along the diagnosis and treatment journey', European Journal of Cancer Care, 21, pp. 321 - 329, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2354.2011.01311.x

Courtney R; Paul C; Sanson-Fisher R; Macrae FA; Carey M; Attia J; McEvoy M, 2012, 'Colorectal cancer risk assessment and screening recommendation: a community survey of healthcare providers' practice from a patient perspective', BMC Family Practice, 13, pp. 1 - 9, http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2296/13/17

Courtney R; Paul C; Sanson-Fisher R; Macrae FA; Carey M; Attia J; McEvoy M, 2012, 'Colorectal cancer screening in Australia: a community-level perspective', Medical Journal of Australia, 196, pp. 516 - 520, https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2012/196/8/colorectal-cancer-screening-australia-community-level-perspective?0=ip_login_no_cache%3D8716ce6206c6d960bc7411ab97bbe4be

Courtney R; Paul C; Sanson-Fisher R; Carey M; Macrae FA; Yoong SL, 2012, 'Community approaches to increasing colorectal screening uptake: A review of the methodological quality and strength of evidence', Cancer Forum, 36, http://www.cancerforum.org.au/Issues/2012/March/Forum/Community_approach_colorectal_screening.htm

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