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Journal articles
, 2026, 'The Influence of Social Media on Outdoor Risk-Taking Behaviours: Understanding the Role of Social Norms, Intentions, and Perceptions Among Australians', Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hpja.70133
, 2025, 'Design and evaluation of a co-produced social media campaign to promote aquatic safety in Queensland national parks', Health Promotion International, 40, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaf181
, 2025, 'The Safety of Social Media Instigated Visitation to National Parks in New South Wales, Australia: Insights From a Population Representative Sample', Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hpja.70009
, 2025, '‘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', Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/casp.70035
, 2025, 'Quality of Available Cardiovascular Disease Knowledge Tools: A Systematic Review', Global Heart, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/gh.1446
, 2025, 'Social Media Use, Influencer Status, and Outdoor Risk-Taking in Australian Adults: Cross-Sectional Survey', Jmir Public Health and Surveillance, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/73089
, 2024, 'Likes, comments, and emergency responses: exploring the burden of social media tourism on land managers and the need for risk communication', Health Literacy and Communication Open, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/28355245.2024.2313846
, 2024, 'Meeting people where they are: leveraging influencers’ social capital and trust to promote safer behaviours', Health Literacy and Communication Open, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/28355245.2024.2350155
, 2024, 'Implementing decision aids for cardiovascular disease prevention: stakeholder interviews and case studies in Australian primary care', BMC Primary Care, 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12875-023-02258-4
, 2024, 'General practitioner support needs to implement cardiovascular disease risk assessment and management guidelines: Qualitative interviews', Australian Journal of General Practice, 53, pp. 675 - 681, http://dx.doi.org/10.31128/AJGP-06-23-6871
, 2024, '‘I actually thought that I was going to die’: Lessons on the rip current hazard from survivor experiences', Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 35, pp. 551 - 564, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hpja.785
, 2024, 'Should land managers be doing more to avert social media-related injuries and fatalities at tourism hotspots?', Current Issues in Tourism, 27, pp. 833 - 837, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2023.2248349
, 2024, 'Visual "Scrollytelling": Mapping Aquatic Selfie-Related Incidents in Australia', INTERACTIVE JOURNAL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/53067
, 2023, 'Implementing patient decision aids into general practice clinical decision support systems: Feasibility study in cardiovascular disease prevention', Pec Innovation, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pecinn.2023.100140
, 2023, 'Should risky social media use be considered an emergency medicine issue?', EMA Emergency Medicine Australasia, 35, pp. 885, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.14293
, 2023, 'Preventing selfie-related incidents: Taking a public health approach to reduce unnecessary burden on emergency medicine services', EMA Emergency Medicine Australasia, 35, pp. 691 - 693, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.14219
, 2023, 'Addressing Behavioral Barriers to COVID-19 Testing With Health Literacy–Sensitive eHealth Interventions: Results From 2 National Surveys and 2 Randomized Experiments', Jmir Public Health and Surveillance, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/40441
, 2023, 'Disparities in public understanding, attitudes, and intentions during the Covid-19 pandemic: The role of health literacy', Information Services and Use, 43, pp. 101 - 113, http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/ISU-230185
, 2023, 'Selfie-Related Incidents: Narrative Review and Media Content Analysis', Journal of Medical Internet Research, 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/47202
, 2022, 'Collateral positives of COVID-19 for culturally and linguistically diverse communities in Western Sydney, Australia', Plos One, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0278923
, 2022, 'Decision Support Tools for Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring in the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Do Not Meet Health Literacy Needs: A Systematic Environmental Scan and Evaluation', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811705
, 2022, 'The role of Primary Health Networks in cardiovascular disease prevention: A qualitative interview study', Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 33, pp. 926 - 936, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hpja.552
, 2022, 'Do hospital consent forms for cardiology procedures meet health literacy standards? Evaluation of understandability and readability', Patient Education and Counseling, 105, pp. 1254 - 1260, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2021.08.027
, 2022, 'Perceived public health threat a key factor for willingness to get the COVID-19 vaccine in Australia', Vaccine, 40, pp. 2484 - 2490, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.08.007
, 2022, 'Positive outcomes associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia', Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 33, pp. 311 - 319, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hpja.494
, 2022, 'Chronic pain and cardiovascular disease prevention in primary care: A review of Australian primary health network needs assessments', Australian Health Review, 46, pp. 70 - 77, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AH21058
, 2021, 'Interventions using heart age for cardiovascular disease risk communication: Systematic review of psychological, behavioral, and clinical effects', Jmir Cardio, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/31056
, 2021, 'Contextualising COVID-19 prevention behaviour over time in Australia: Patterns and long-term predictors from April to July 2020 in an online social media sample', Plos One, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253930
, 2021, 'Authors’ Response to Peer Reviews of “The Psychological Impact of Hypertension During COVID-19 Restrictions: Retrospective Case-Control Study”', JMIRx Med, 2, pp. e28718 - e28718, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/28718
, 2021, 'Willingness to vaccinate against COVID-19 in Australia', Lancet Infectious Diseases, 21, pp. 318 - 319, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30559-4
, 2021, 'Concerns and motivations about COVID-19 vaccination', Lancet Infectious Diseases, 21, pp. 161 - 163, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30926-9
, 2021, 'COVID-19 misinformation trends in Australia: Prospective longitudinal national survey', Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/23805
, 2021, 'The Psychological Impact of Hypertension During COVID-19 Restrictions: Retrospective Case-Control Study.', JMIRx Med, 2, pp. e25610, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/25610
, 2020, 'Health literacy and disparities in COVID-19–related knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviours in Australia', Public Health Research and Practice, 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.17061/PHRP30342012
, 2020, 'People's experiences and satisfaction with telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia: Cross-sectional survey study', Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/24531
, 2020, 'Clinician perception of a novel cardiovascular lifestyle prescription form in the primary and secondary care setting in Wales, UK', Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 31, pp. 232 - 239, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hpja.284
Conference Papers
, 2024, '350 Communicating aquatic safety to national parks visitors in Queensland, Australia via social media: campaign co-design and pilot evaluation', in Stream 3: Programme or Practice, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, pp. A74.2 - A74, presented at 15th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion (Safety 2024) abstracts, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2024-safety.175
, 2021, 'DO HOSPITAL CONSENT FORMS FOR CARDIOLOGY ENABLE INFORMED CHOICE FOR PEOPLE WITH LOW HEALTH LITERACY?', in MEDICAL DECISION MAKING, SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC, pp. E100 - E100
, 2021, 'RISK COMMUNICATION FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE PREVENTION: SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE EFFECT OF "HEART AGE" ON PSYCHOLOGICAL, BEHAVIOURAL AND CLINICAL OUTCOMES', in MEDICAL DECISION MAKING, SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC, pp. E129 - E130
, 2019, 'AN E-HEALTH SCHOOL-BASED INTERVENTION TO REDUCE CHRONIC DISEASE RISK FACTORS: STUDY PROTOCOL OF THE HEALTH4LIFE INITIATIVE', in DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, WILEY, pp. S13 - S13
Preprints
, 2025, More time spent on social media correlates to greater self-assessed risk-taking behaviour in the outdoors (Preprint), http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/preprints.73089
, 2024, Communicating aquatic safety to national parks visitors in Queensland, Australia via social media: campaign co-design and pilot evaluation, http://dx.doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/s68un
, 2023, Implementing shared decision making support for cardiovascular disease prevention: Stakeholder interviews and case studies in Australian primary care, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3426195/v1
, 2023, Visual “Scrollytelling”: Mapping Aquatic Selfie-Related Incidents in Australia (Preprint), http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/preprints.53067
, 2023, Selfie-Related Incidents: Narrative Review and Media Content Analysis (Preprint), http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/preprints.47202
, 2022, Addressing Behavioral Barriers to COVID-19 Testing With Health Literacy–Sensitive eHealth Interventions: Results From 2 National Surveys and 2 Randomized Experiments (Preprint), http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/preprints.40441
, 2022, Lessons on the Rip Current Hazard from Survivor Experiences, http://dx.doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/2dv7z
, 2021, The role of Primary Health Networks in cardiovascular disease prevention: A qualitative interview study, http://dx.doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/jw9h6
, 2021, Interventions Using Heart Age for Cardiovascular Disease Risk Communication: Systematic Review of Psychological, Behavioral, and Clinical Effects (Preprint), http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/preprints.31056
, 2021, Authors’ Response to Peer Reviews of “The Psychological Impact of Hypertension During COVID-19 Restrictions: Retrospective Case-Control Study” (Preprint), http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/preprints.28718